On Thursday 24 September 2026, Luis Daniel Lopez Rodriguez 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. Maarten Vergote (RMA, LPP). The title of his […]
Read MoreOn Tuesday April 9, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., a new conference will take place, organized by the Royal Military Academy: Wall conditioning studies for nuclear fusion research using flexible experimental environment of the TOMAS device by Dr Kristel Crombé & Dr Andrei Goriaev. The abstract and the link to the video on […]
Read MoreTOMAS is a middle-size toroidal machine in Forschungszentrum-Jülich (Germany) equipped with GD, ECRF, and ICRF heating systems, various diagnostics and material exposure equipment. It allows for wall conditioning, plasma production, and plasma-surface interaction studies. It is operated by a team from the LPP. More details here.
Read More“The upgraded TOMAS device: a toroidal plasma facility for wall conditioning, plasma production and plasma – surface interaction studies,” by Andrei Goriaev, Tom Wauters and co-authors, was published online on 02-16-2021, in Review of Scientific Instruments (Vol.92, Issue 2). It may be accessed via the link below: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0033229 Here is the abstract of this article: […]
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