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PROF. DR. STEFAN FERREIRA, DR. EUGENE ENGELBRECHT, M.SC. JAN-LOUIS RATH UND M.SC. LOURNES PRINSLOO
From July 24-29, 2016, four visitors from South Africa were with PD Dr. Horst Fichtner and Dr. Klaus Scherer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Ferreira, Dr. Eugene Engelbrecht, M.Sc. Jan-Louis Rath and M.Sc. Lournes Prinsloo, all from the Center of Space Physics at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa.
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End of lecture plasma barbecue
This year's SFB-TR 87 plasma barbecue for the undergraduate students has been held last Thursday, July 21, 2016. With good weather this was a good opportunity for them to talk to the staff of the chairs AEPT and TET. For the first time, the barbecue had been held on one of the still very new permanent barbecue areas of the Ruhr-Universität behind the Hörsaalzentrum Ost. For all participants it was a successful event.
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Prof. Achim von Keudell ist Chair der GRC 2016
Die Gordon Research Conferences zählen zu den renommiertesten Konferenzen überhaupt. Mit der Verpflichtung der Vortragenden über aktuelle und unpublizierte Arbeiten zu sprechen und der Verpflichtung der Teilnehmer diese Informationen vertraulich zu behandeln, zählt diese Konferenzreihe zu den spannendsten und interessantesten überhaupt. Nirgendwo sonst bekommt man mehr Einblicke in die aktuelle Entwicklung der Plasmaphysik und hat zusätzlich noch die Gelgenheit in entspannter Atmosphäre mit hochkarätigen Experten zu diskutieren.
Als Chair der GRC 2016 „Plasma with Complex Interations-Exploiting the Non-Equilibrium“ war Prof. Achim von Keudell maßgeblich an Organisation und Programmgestaltung beteiligt. Eine kleine EPII Delegation bestehend aus DoktorandInnen und einem Postdoc war ebenfalls vor Ort und konnte von dieser außergewöhlichen Konferenz profitieren.
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Dr. Dominik Bomans "Plasmas in and around Galaxies"
Prof. Dr. Ralf-Peter Brinkmann demonstrates that theory does not have to be gray, as Mephistopheles claimed in Faust. The plasma researcher addresses the following questions: Why are plasmas hot and cold at the same time? What does this have to do with theory? And what is the ultimate practical use of all this?
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Seventh International Conference on Fundamentals and Industrial Applications of HIPIMS 2016
High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) ist ein junges und vielversprechendes Verfahren um Dünnschichtsysteme mit hervorragenden Eigenschaften zu produzieren. Abgesehen vom praktischen Nutzen weisen diese Plasmen interessante physikalische Eigenschaften wie anomalen Teilchentransport und Strukturbildung auf, die noch immer nicht im Detail verstanden sind. Die Erforschung von HiPIMS Plasmen nimmt am Lehrstuhl EPII daher einen großen Stellenwert ein. Im Moment arbeiten drei Postdocs, zwei PhD Studierende und einige BA und MA Studierende an vier Experimente um mehr Einblick in diese interessanten Plasmen zu bekommen. Bei dieser Konferenz hatten die Mitarbeiter von EPII die Gelegenheit ihre Ergebnisse zu präsentieren und einen guten Austausch mit internationalen Experten. Die nächste HiPIMS Konferenz findet in Braunschweig 2017 statt.
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Plasma research involved in BMBF Carbon2Chem project
On June 27, 2016, the kick-off event of the BMBF project Carbon2Chem had been held in the Landschaftspark Duisburg. Federal Minister Prof. Wanka and NRW Research Minister S. Schulze emphasized the importance of the project for the energy transition and for Germany as a business and research location. In the Carbon2Chem project, metallurgical gases from steel production are to be converted into valuable chemical products with the addition of hydrogen in a catalytic process. The hydrogen required for this is produced by electrolysis using renewable energies. Plasma research at the RUB is involved in this project with the groups around Prof. Muhler, Prof. Awakowicz and Prof. von Keudell exploring the possibilities of plasma catalysis. The project is funded by the BMBF with a total of 60 million Euros over 4 years and includes 17 partners from industry, Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society and universities.
- Die Pressemitteilung des BMBF finden Sie hier.
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VOLKER SCHULZ-VON DER GATHEN AM GREMI
Vom 16. bis zum 22. Juni ist Dr. Volker Schulz-von der Gathen zu Gast bei Rémi Dussart und Larry Overzet am GREMI (Groupe de Recherches sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés) in Orléans, Frankreich.
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Prof. Dr. Potgieter
At the Chair of Theoretical Physics IV with PD Dr. Horst Fichtner, Prof. Dr. Potgieter from North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, will be in South Africa from June 03 - 06, 2016. The joint BMBF project "Astrophysical Processes in the Heliospheric Environment" enables the exchange of scientists.
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Dr. Dominik Bomans "Plasmas in and around Galaxies".
In the lecture series "All Plasma" we went out into space again. Dr. Domink Bomans explained vividly how plasmas form in and around galaxies and what we can learn from this about the formation and development of our universe.
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Dr. Philip von Doetinchem
Dr. Philip von Doetinchem from the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a guest of Prof. Julia Tjus (TP4, Plasma Astroparticle Physics) and will give a talk on "Cosmic-ray antideuteron searches" on 7/13/2016 at 10:00 am in NB 7/67.
Abstract: Recent years have seen increased theoretical and experimental efforts towards the first-ever detection of cosmic-ray antideuterons, in particular as an indirect signature of dark matter annihilation or decay. In contrast to indirect dark matter searches using positrons, antiprotons, or gamma-rays, which suffer from relatively high and uncertain astrophysical backgrounds, searches with antideuterons benefit from very suppressed conventional backgrounds, offering a potential breakthrough in unexplored phase space for dark matter. The presentation will review dark matter theories that can be probed with antideuterons, the challenges for the interpretations of antideuteron signals, and the experimental efforts toward cosmic antideuteron detection.
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PETER H. YOON
From May 02-31, 2016, Peter H. Yoon from the University of Maryland will be visiting the Chair of Theoretical Physics IV. Peter H. Yoon works at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology - USA and has received a "VIP Grant of the Reseach School PLUS", in the framework of which he will visit RUB again.
link to Peter H. Yoon