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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0344361
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Localised instabilities in magnetically confined plasmas heated by radio waves. The H-1 Heliac Major National Facility will be used for experiments to search for localised plasma "ballooning" instabilities. These instabilities, studied theoretically but not yet identified in experiments, are thought to limit the pressure achievable in plasmas of interest for production of renewable, low-greenhouse gas emission, fusion power, and are also invoked to explain magnetospheric phenomena like auroral substorms. The flexible magnetic configuration, radio frequency (rf) and microwave plasma heating systems, and diagnostic set of H-1 are uniquely suited to this program. Advances in rf plasma techniques and diagnostics will also benefit the development of novel communications and instrumentation technologies.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 12-2005
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $162,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Ionospheric And Magnetospheric Physics | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Physical sciences | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal) |
