Gabriel Plunk

Stellarator Theorist.

[Alex Schekochihin @ASchekochihin]

This is the best postdoc fellowship in theoretical physics you can get in Oxford (and therefore obviously, the world). They have a great time, these LP Fellows, do apply! (or tell a friend/colleague/disciple) https://t.co/62hZ4Uwg25

[PRX Energy @PRX_Energy]

Authors of a new study find ways to improve upon Wendelstein 7-X — the most advanced #stellarator #FusionEnergy device in the world — by using a shaped magnetic field to enhance the stability and confinement of plasma fuel.

Read the paper: https://t.co/8pFEetKxrc

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Come and get your SQUiDs, reactor-grade stellarator designs, fully in stock

https://t.co/UyZBwKAWAZ

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

New Scientist is going bananas :) https://t.co/2IlhfaQH2o

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Check it out!

[Physical Review Research @PhysRevResearch]

Compact stellarator-tokamak hybrid.

Authors: S. A. Henneberg and G. G. Plunk

➡️ https://t.co/OWY7IDQyQn

#PlasmaPhysics

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Energetic Bounds...Part IV... electron reckoning

https://t.co/S5T04u9gPb

@New_Paulicy

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

An annular eclipse in a tree's shade.

The tiny gaps between leaves act as pinhole lenses, projecting crescent shaped images of the eclipsed sun onto the world below

[📹 gottigreen]

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

https://t.co/7GXyW3EQa6

Quasi-isodynamic stellarators have many attractive features, but here is another to add to the list: They have the largest undamped “residual flow” among all optimized stellarators, with implications for turbulence suppression and enhanced confinement.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

While most snail eyes generally only detect light, the eyes of the conch snail have complex retinas and can actually produce an image

This is what they look like.

[📹John Gilbert Dumrique]

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Helicity of the magnetic axes of quasi-isodynamic stellarators | Journal of Plasma Physics | Cambridge Core - https://t.co/gZZicvmTZG

Check it out folks!

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Stubbiest moebius is a triangle

https://t.co/G9rsdMU6CO

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[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

@martin_fff @dieworkwear @3sixteen what gives it away? cannot see the signature due to the angle of the photographs...

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

https://t.co/Moh4E5zJSL

Death blow to K41?

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

@FreyaHolmer I like "corner radius" but the word "supplementary" might also fit due to the relationship between the arc angles of the two circles

[Michael E. Mauel @memauel]

Featured in #PlasmaPhysics:

Eduardo Rodriguez and Gabriel Plunk (Max Planck IPP Griefswald) derive the higher order theory of quasi-isodynamicity near the magnetic axis of stellarators by imposing "omnigenity": the cancelation of net radial particle drif…https://t.co/VRpAKDPMKU

[Thomas Lin @7homaslin]

Mathematicians are wrapping their heads around the new "Einstein" hat tile discovered by a retired print technician and jigsaw puzzler. A feel good story on a strange news day by @EricaKlarreich in @QuantaMagazine: https://t.co/BUidSs5R4D

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Wendelstein 7-X: 8 min Plasma with 1.3 GJ Energy Turnover (IR-Video) https://t.co/WpivLBoD1E via @YouTube

8 Minutes of zen….

[Josefine Proll @JosefineProll]

A few months ago I had the chance to talk about my favourite topic, #nuclearfusion, for a video by @UniversiteitNL - have a look! Also, an excellent chance to hear me speak Dutch with a very thick German accent 😁
https://t.co/psssuzW6Cd

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Here we plot toroidal cross sections of QSTK, producing a flower-like pattern, which shows another view on QSTK's magnetic geometry. By varying the position where the cross sections are made, we create a cyclical animation. 4/4

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

A hot topic for stellarators is "turbulence optimization" -- can we design a stellarator to overcome the spontaneously generated micro-flows that limit the heat needed for fusion? We have been working on this actively in recent years and are happy to announce progress. 1/4

[Gabriel Plunk @GabrielPlunk]

Our approach, called "critical gradient optimization", sidesteps the problem of modeling turbulence itself, and instead focuses on improving the plasma conditions under which significant turbulence arises. 3/4