Author Archives: Kyuil Cho

Physics Seminar by Dr. Kyuil Cho, Thursday (3/28) at 11 am – VDW104

Title: Room temperature superconductor! Is it possible?Abstract: Superconductor is a material that shows two special properties: zero resistance and Meissner effect (expulsion of magnetic field) below its critical temperature. Thanksto these special properties, this material has been used in many applications such assuperconducting wires, medical device MRI, superconducting magnets in particleaccelerators and plasma Tokamak reactors, …

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Physics student presentations #2 (summer research in 2023), Thursday (3/21) at 11 am – VDW104

1. “Turbulence and Zonal-Flow Impact in the Madison Symmetric Torus in Quasi-Single Helicity” by Nick Kaipainen, Mentor Zach Williams Reversed-Field Pinches (RFPs) operating in the Quasi-Single-Helicity (QSH) magnetic geometry exhibit significant improvements in confinement time as compared to standard discharges due to the efficient saturation of large-scale tearing modes. This modification to the magnetic geometry …

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Physics student presentations #1 (summer research in 2023), Thursday (3/7) at 11 am – VDW104

1. “Efficient Techniques for Calculating the Energy Widths of Cyclotron Resonance in Strong Magnetic Fields” By Will Vance and Matt Stowe, mentor Peter GonthierAbstract: It is believed that Compton scattering is the reason for the high-energy radiation observed in the X-ray spectra of magnetars. These are neutron stars that have the strongest inferred magnetic fields. …

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