The 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference was held in Chengdu, China from October 13 to October 19. The LPP-ERM/KMS team contributed to the conference with three poster presentations focusing on ICRH and fast-ion physics in leading fusion facilities worldwide, including JET, JT-60SA, and Wendelstein 7-X. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is all about sharing […]
Read MoreOn September 2nd the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Major General An-Roos De Potter, visited IPP Greifswald to see the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator and the ICRF antenna designed, installed and exploited by LPP-ERM/KMS. She was accompanied by the director of academic education (DEAO), Colonel Van Gyseghem. They were welcomed by several representatives of the Max […]
Read MoreAn article about the new ITER baseline has been published in the June issue of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. This important article contains contributions from LPP and is co-authored by two members of our Lab, Ernesto Lerche and Dirk Van Eester. The paper is available in open access here and can be directly downloaded […]
Read MoreThe 25th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas was organised between May 19 and May 22 in the beautiful Schloss Hohenkammer in Germany. A strong delegation of LPP members was there: 2 invited talks were given by Pierre Dumortier and Philippe Lamalle, and 7 posters were presented by our team. Pictures: (c) Helmut Faugel
Read MoreOn April 23 and 24, 2025, LPP-ERM/KMS hosted the 50th General Assembly of EUROfusion at the Club Prince Albert in Brussels. The EUROfusion consortium funds research among its members (in 26 EU member states) on the basis of the “European roadmap to fusion energy” as a joint program under Euratom Horizon Europe. Almost all the […]
Read MoreThe 20th International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices (PET-20) is organized by the KU Leuven, Ghent University and LPP ERM/LMS. It will be held from Tuesday September 23 to Friday September 26, 2025, at KU Leuven, Leuven. The workshop will reflect the present status of the theory of the edge region in […]
Read MoreOn Thursday 10 October 2024, Johan Buermans brilliantly defended his Phd thesis and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering Physics (UGent) and Doctor of Engineering Sciences (RMA). This work is a joint UGent-RMA doctorate performed under the supervision of Prof. Kristel Crombé (UGent, LPP) and Prof. Michael Van Schoor (RMA, LPP). The title […]
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