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Virtual Pressroom 2002

44th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Where can you find the strongest magnetic fields on Earth? Why do galactic nuclei spit out vast plumes of hot material into space? How can x-rays squeeze fuel capsules to generate energy? How can the turbulent flow of a plasma make itself stable and what does that have to do with the patterns on Jupiter?

These and many other questions will be addressed at one of the world's largest physics meetings this year: the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (APS-DPP), to be held from November 11-15, 2002 in Orlando, Florida. Around 1600 papers are scheduled to be delivered at this meeting.

Highlights & Press Releases

Achievement of a High Electron Temperature of 100 Million Degrees Celsius in Large Helical Device Stimulates Perspective of Helical Fusion Reactor

Edge Plasma Turbulence Implicated in Density Limit Physics

First 3-D Magnetic Reconnection Measurements

High Power Microwaves Control Plasma Current Profile

Learning about astrophysical jets in the lab

Measurements of shock-induced compression in titanium

Measurements of shock-induced compression in titanium Figure

Mr. Magnet Invites Students to Discover Plasma

New Video Unveils Our Emerging Superglobe

Nonlinear Structures in Magnetized Plasmas

Plasma doughnut currents made hollow, leading to greater efficiency for fusion

Plasma Improves Prospects for Heavy-Ion Fusion

Pushing to the limits of plasma stability at the boundary of high confinement tokamak discharges

Record-high magnetic fields in lab

Solution to a direct-drive inertial confinement fusion target designer's dilemma

Solution to a direct-drive inertial confinement fusion target designer's dilemma Figure

Spinning Fusion Plasmas Shed Light on Energy Production and Distant Astrophysical Mysteries

Turbulence restrains itself - D-III experiments

Turbulence restrains itself - Supercomputer simulations

Upping the Ante on Dante with Photoionized Plasmas

X-Ray Scattering as a Microscopic Probe for Solid Density Plasmas

X-rays squeeze fuel to generate nuclear fusion energy