FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT "ACTIVE CONTROL OF MHD STABILITY:
EXTENSION TO THE BURNING PLASMA REGIME"
NOVEMBER 3-5, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN

We plan to hold a workshop on "Active Control of MHD Stability: Extension to the Burning Plasma Regime " at University of Texas-Austin, following the 2003 APS-DPP Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico October 27-31. This workshop is the 8th in the series and will be organized jointly by Columbia University, General Atomics, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, University of Texas, and University of Wisconsin. Please reserve these dates on your calendar!

Place: University of Texas-Austin

Dates: Monday, 3 November 2003 (Registration at 8:30 AM)
to Wednesday, 5 November 2003 (Ending at 3:00 PM)

Theme: Presentation of recent results, present status, and future plans in all concepts on the use of active control of MHD modes looking ahead to application in the burning plasma regime. This includes the active control of both internal and external MHD modes using plasma rotation, rotation shear, feedback control, or profile control.

Additional details and a call for papers will be given in June 2003. Format of the workshop will be similar to previous workshops in this series which include invited (30 to 40 minute) and contributed (10 to 20 minute) papers.

Program Committee: Michio Okabayashi (PPPL), Robert La Haye (General Atomics), Gerald Navratil (Columbia University), John Sarff (Univ. Wisconsin), and Frank Waelbroeck (Univ. Texas).

Local Organizer: Frank Waelbroeck

Previous workshops in this series include:

  • PPPL, 11-13 December 1996, Workshop on Feedback Stabilization of MHD Instabilities

  • Columbia University, 23-25 November 1997, Workshop on Control of MHD Modes in Tokamaks with Non-axisymmetric Coils

  • General Atomics, 22-24 November 1998, Workshop on Active Control of MHD Modes in Toroidal Devices

  • University of Washington, 21-23 November 1999, Workshop on Active MHD Mode Control in Innovative Confinement Concepts

  • PPPL, 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2000, Workshop on Innovative MHD Control in Magnetic Fusion Plasmas

  • General Atomics, 5-7 November 2001, Workshop on Control of MHD Stability by Rotation

  • Columbia University, 18-20 November 2002, Workshop on Active Control of MHD Stability: Extension of Performance

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