11th Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics - 2013

The bi-annual Carolus Magnus Summer School is devoted to the theoretical and experimental aspects of high temperature plasmas confined in toroidal magnetic fields. The school has a focus on the physics of energy production using controlled nuclear fusion. Here, special emphasis is laid on tokamaks, but stellarators are also discussed. The School covers a broad area of topics. The summer school is primarily intended for PhD students and undergraduates in their last year.

Programme topics of the summer school:

• Introduction to fusion research
• Basic theory of magnetic confinement
• Fusion machines
• Kinetic theory
• Equilibrium and instabilities
• Transport theory
• Anomalous transport
• Kinetic wave theory
• Plasma heating and current drive
• Edge plasma physics and plasma-wall interaction
• Diagnostics
• Plasma Facing Materials
• Present state of fusion and glance at the future

The summer school takes place from August 26 – September 6, 2013 at the Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany. Deadline for application is May 31, 2013. The mansion housing of the Physikzentrum is surrounded by a park at the foot of the Siebengebirge ("the Seven Hills") on the right bank of the Rhine River.

The Carolus Magnus summer school is organised by the Trilateral Euregio Cluster (TEC) with its EURATOM associated members:

• Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Plasma Physics (IEK-4), Germany
• LPP- ERM/KMS Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Brussels, Belgium
• SCK.CEN, Mol, Belgium
• FOM Institute DIFFER , Nieuwegein, The Netherlands