GIFTED in FRANCE
September 9, 2011
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent
life exists elsewhere in the universe is that
none of it has tried to contact us.
~Calvin and Hobbes
life exists elsewhere in the universe is that
none of it has tried to contact us.
~Calvin and Hobbes
PLASMA FUSION (Part 3)
with guest Physicist Steve M. Elliot:
with guest Physicist Steve M. Elliot:
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| (design by S. M. Elliot) |
DATE: Sunday October 9, 2011
TIME: 14H00-16H00
AGES: 9-14+up
LOCATION: Same as before
RSVP: September 20th, Cost: 10 euros
NOTE: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TIME BOTH AGE GROUPS WILL BE
COMBINED INTO ONE AND WE ARE NOT SURE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE, SO PLEASE
RSVP ASAP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. YOU HAVE PRIORITY IN RESERVING YOUR SPACE,
AFTER THE CUT-OFF DATE, THE EVENT WILL BE OPEN TO OTHERS, SPACE PERMITTING.
Description
High
magnet fields are required to compress the plasma
in the Paris Small Tokamak, which is being created under the direction of Mr.
Elliot. "Practical magnets cannot be operated continuously due to a
severe heating problem. The problem may be solved by operating the magnets with
very short, high power pulses followed by a cooling rest period. The workshop
will focus on challenges and solutions for designing suitable magnets and a
pulsed power supply to drive them. An experimental plasma
compression magnet used with the Paris Small Tokamak will be demonstrated along
with new computer simulations of Paris Small Tokamak operation. Attendees are
encouraged to bring a digital camera or cell phone with a camera function, if
available, for recording observations of Tokamak operation." Also, bring
your notebooks, and handouts.
Resources:
Parents
are invited for a brief introduction to the activity at drop off time, and a
summary at the end. During the workshop, parents are invited to gather at the
nearby Cafe Les Ondes for a little brainstorming and friendship session.
Note to
our young scientists: We will also be getting ready to start our own blog on
what we've done to date. If blogging, graphics design, illustrating, or
writing... --even writing songs and poetry about our beloved Paris Small
Tokamak -- is of interest to you, please let me know as soon as possible. When
emailing about the blog project, indicate your area of interest, if you have
one, though it's not mandatory. This is all a work "in
progress," and we'll figure it out as we go.
As
always, we are indebted to Mr. Elliot for all his time and devotion to this
project.
See you
all soon!
Best
regards,
Helen Sahin Connelly
Gifted in France
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