The centre of gravity of this school lays in the direct involvement of the participants in actual research topics conducted at the IPP Prague.
During the two-weeks, participants, paired in a group and under the guidance of IPP Prague researchers, will have to process and analyze experimental data, perform experiments or run simulations to conduct their research. This is a very active event, where participants actually do the job. Indeed, only one day is devoted to lectures (how to access data, python lecture...) and the rest of the time to the research assignment. In the final days of the event, participants have to prepare a presentation about their findings that will be defended in front of the broad audience of the whole IPP staff members the last event day.
Participants will get a condensed full experience of what a scientist in nuclear fusion actually does
What will I learn during SUMTRAIC?
Essential in a scientific career, participants shall:
- Discover if a scientific career in nuclear fusion suits them
- Get an experience of working in a team and handling professional communication
- Present in front of a large audience
- Learn nuclear fusion physics, simulations, analysis, experiments, coding...
- Have some team building fun in the beautiful city of Prague and create a new network.
What kind of scientific topic will I be working on?
Previously operated at the IPP Prague, the COMPASS tokamak was one of the leading devices among smaller tokamaks, with an experimental program focused on plasma-wall interaction, edge plasma physics, H-mode and runaway electrons. See here for more information on the COMPASS device.
Since its decommissioning in 2021, no dedicated experiments are realized for SUMTRAIC participants. However, the 10-years extensive COMPASS database will allow most participants to work on experimental data actually obtained on a relevant fusion device.
In addition, collaboration between the IPP Prague and the Czech Technical University will allow some participants to perform experiments on GOLEM, the oldest tokamak in the world.
Last, a new tokamak, called COMPASS Upgrade, is being designed and manufactured at the IPP Prague. It will enable cutting edge research and high power (10 MW) and magnetic field (5 T) plasma scenarios are foreseen. See here for more information on the COMPASS Upgrade device. Simulations related to this forthcoming device will be proposed.
In summary, the possible topics cover:
- Analysis of relevant experimental fusion data obtained on COMPASS
- Experiments on the oldest tokamak in the world (GOLEM)
- Simulations related to COMPASS Upgrade (or other)
