Workshop on Plasma Physics | (smr 1523) (10-15 November 2003)

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Workshop on Plasma Physics | (smr 1523)

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Monday, 10 November 2003
- 08:30 - 09:30 All participants are kindly requested to complete registration formalities
  
  Location: Main Building, Lobby
  - 08:30 All participants are kindly requested to complete registration formalities 1h0'
- 09:30 - 09:40 Opening
  - 09:30 Opening 10'
    
    Speaker: K.R. Sreenivasan (ICTP, Trieste)
- 09:40 - 09:50 Workshop Introduction
  - 09:40 Workshop Introduction 10'
    
    Speaker: Workshop Organizers
- 09:50 - 10:00 Presentation of the ICTP Computer System
  - 09:50 Presentation of the ICTP Computer System 10'
    
    Speaker: J. Grassberger (ICTP, Trieste)
- 10:00 - 11:00 Applications of Sandia's 20 MA, 100 ns Z Machine and other Pulsed Power Techniques
  - 10:00 Applications of Sandia's 20 MA, 100 ns Z Machine and other Pulsed Power Techniques 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Dillon Mc Daniel, Keynote Speaker (Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, USA)
- 11:00 - 12:00 Experiment Presentation 1: on the Use of a Negatively Biased Mesh in a D-C Vacuum Arc to Reduce Microdroplets
  - 11:00 Experiment Presentation 1: on the Use of a Negatively Biased Mesh in a D-C Vacuum Arc to Reduce Microdroplets 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Buenos Aires University, Argentina
- 12:00 - 13:00 Experiment Presentation: Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Related Studies
  - 12:00 Experiment Presentation: Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Related Studies 1h0'
    
    Speaker: University of Pune, India
- 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break
  - 13:00 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Experiment Presentation
  - 14:30 Experiment Presentation 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Poland
- 15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
  - 15:30 Coffee Break 15'
- 15:45 - 16:45 Experiment Presentation 1
  - 15:45 Experiment Presentation 1 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Iran
- 16:45 - 17:45 Experiment Presentation 2
  - 16:45 Experiment Presentation 2 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Iran

Tuesday, 11 November 2003

09:00 - 10:00 Experimental Techniques in Plasma Spectroscopy

09:00 Experimental Techniques in Plasma Spectroscopy 1h0'

Speaker:	H.J. Kunze (Ruhr Universitat Bochum, Germany)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:00 Coffee Break 15'

10:15 - 11:15 Plasma Based Environmental Remediation Technologies: Problems in Technology and Commercialisation

10:15 Plasma Based Environmental Remediation Technologies: Problems in Technology and Commercialisation 1h0'

Speaker:	P.I. John (Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India)
Material:	lecture notes

11:15 - 12:30 Group Session 1
- 11:15 Group Session 1 1h15'
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'

14:00 - 15:00 Development of Materials Processing Methods: Cathodic Vacuum Arc and Plasma Immersionn Ion Implantation Combined

14:00 Development of Materials Processing Methods: Cathodic Vacuum Arc and Plasma Immersionn Ion Implantation Combined 1h0'

Speaker:	M. Bilek (University of Sydney, Applied and Plasma Physics Group, Australia)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
- 15:00 Coffee Break 15'

15:15 - 16:15 Generation of High Enthalpy Thermal Plasma Jets in DC Arc plasma Torches and Diagnostics of the Jets

15:15 Generation of High Enthalpy Thermal Plasma Jets in DC Arc plasma Torches and Diagnostics of the Jets 1h0'

Speaker:	M. Hravbosky (Institute of Plasma Physics, Prague, Czech Republic)
Material:	lecture notes

16:15 - 17:45 Group Session 2
- 16:15 Group Session 2 1h30'

Wednesday, 12 November 2003

09:00 - 10:00 New Ideas on Monitoring and Feedback Control in Industrial Plasma Systems

09:00 New Ideas on Monitoring and Feedback Control in Industrial Plasma Systems 1h0'

Speaker:	A.K. Das (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:00 Coffee Break 15'
10:15 - 11:30 Group Session 3
- 10:15 Group Session 3 1h15'
11:30 - 12:30 Neutron Emission Characteristics of Plasma Focus Devices
- 11:30 Neutron Emission Characteristics of Plasma Focus Devices 1h0'
  
  Speaker: H. Schmidt (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
14:00 - 17:00 Group Session 4
- 14:00 Group Session 4 3h0'

Thursday, 13 November 2003

09:00 - 10:00 UNU/ICTP PFF- A Review

09:00 UNU/ICTP PFF- A Review 1h0'

Speaker:	Sing Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:00 Coffee Break 15'
10:15 - 11:30 Group Session 5
- 10:15 Group Session 5 1h15'

11:30 - 12:30 New Possibilities in Pulsed Radiation Physics and Chemistry with Use of Dense Plasma Focus Device

11:30 New Possibilities in Pulsed Radiation Physics and Chemistry with Use of Dense Plasma Focus Device 1h0'

Speaker:	V. Gribkov (Moscow Engineering-Physics Institute, Russian Federation)
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
13:30 - 15:30 Parallel Session: CEI Round Table

Location: Main Building Room 237
- 13:30 Parallel Session: CEI Round Table 2h0'
14:00 - 15:30 Group Session 6
- 14:00 Group Session 6 1h30'
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
- 15:30 Coffee Break 15'

15:45 - 16:45 Physics Issues in Spherical Tokamaks

15:45 Physics Issues in Spherical Tokamaks 1h0'

Speaker:	M. Gryaznevich (UKAEA-Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, U.K.)
Material:	lecture notes

16:45 - 17:45 Presentations
- 16:45 Presentations 1h0'

Friday, 14 November 2003

09:00 - 10:00 Demands and Needs of Alternate X Ray Sources Based on DMP Devices: the Proposals for a Plasma Focus Brachytheraphy Approach

09:00 Demands and Needs of Alternate X Ray Sources Based on DMP Devices: the Proposals for a Plasma Focus Brachytheraphy Approach 1h0'

Speaker:	A. Tartari (Universita' di Ferrara, Dip. di Fisica, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:00 Coffee Break 15'
10:15 - 11:15 Experiment Presentations 1 and 2
- 10:15 Experiment Presentations 1 and 2 1h0'
11:15 - 12:45 Participants' Presentations and Parallel Poster Session
- 11:15 Participants' Presentations and Parallel Poster Session 1h30'
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 12:45 Lunch Break 1h15'
14:00 - 15:30 Experiment Presentations 3 through 5
- 14:00 Experiment Presentations 3 through 5 1h30'
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
- 15:30 Coffee Break 15'
15:45 - 17:30 Participants' Presentations/Discussions
- 15:45 Participants' Presentations/Discussions 1h45'

Saturday, 15 November 2003
- 10:00 - 12:00 Discussion: Prioritization/Future Plans
  - 10:00 Discussion: Prioritization/Future Plans 2h0'
- 12:00 - 12:15 Closing Remarks
  - 12:00 Closing Remarks 15'