Award Announcements

Solicitations Results

Results of the 2010 Innovative Confinement Concepts(ICC) Solicitation

Awards under Program Notice DE-PS02-08ER08-08, "Theoretical Research in Magnetic Fusion Energy Science".

Results of Program Notice PS02-07ER07-28 entitled "Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program". July 23, 2008.

Awards under Program Notice DE-PS02-07ER07-07, "Theoretical Research in Plasma and Fusion Science".

Awards under Program Notices DE-PS02-07ER07-19, DE-PS02-07ER07-20, DE-PS02-07ER07-21, and DE-PS02-07ER07-22, "Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC)".

Awards under Program Announcement DE-PS02-07ER07-10, "Development of Diagnostic Systems for Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Experiments".

Results of the FY 2006 Theory Solicitation Program Notice DE-FG02-06ER06-07 entitled "Theoretical Research in Plasma and Fusion Science." Point of Contact is Dr. John Mandrekas.

Highlights

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The weight of antihydrogen atoms (a positively charged positron or anti-electron orbiting a negatively charged antiproton) balances the weight of hydrogen atoms (a negatively charged electron orbiting a positively charged proton).

Antihydrogen Falls Downward!

Settling a long-standing question, scientists have proven that antihydrogen falls downward in a first-ever direct experiment.

Negative triangularity shaping in the DIII-D tokamak (left) produced plasmas with no observed instabilities for triangularities less than approximately -0.15, even at high heating power and core performance (right).

Inverting Fusion Plasmas Improves Performance

Plasmas with negative triangularity show reduced gradients that develop into instabilities, including under conditions relevant to fusion power plants.

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