Newsflashes from Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

Their new Max Planck Columbia Center will have a total budget of $13.3 million over its five-year term more

Two IPP papers in the journal Physical Review Letters explain for the first time, from first principles, what happens in the extremely thin edge layer of a fusion plasma. In doing so, they provide a foundation for the design of future reactors.
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IPP, KIT, the University of Stuttgart and Thales are developing 2-megawatt gyrotrons and methods for the reliable transmission of microwave beams of this intensity. The new technology will be used in the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment and lays the foundations for future fusion power plants. The German Federal Ministry of Research is funding the project with 6 million euros. more

Materials for future fusion power plants are to be developed at the Garching Research Campus. As part of a new federal programme, several research groups are pooling their expertise. more

The record funding marks an important milestone for Alpha, a demonstration facility intended to be built in Germany as a precursor to a fusion power plant. more

His new chair will strengthen collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and the Technical University of Munich more