Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) Colloquium - ADDED

Any non-PPPL people interested in attending should see this site for more information: http://www.pppl.gov/about/visiting-pppl . ABSTRACT: Lyman Spitzer, Jr. made major contributions in several fields of astrophysics, plasma physics, and fusion energy. He invented the novel stellarator concept for confining plasmas for fusion, and was an early proponent of putting telescopes in space. This talk will briefly review some of Spitzer’s pioneering contributions in fusion, including a pictorial history from his founding of PPPL to TFTR’s achievement of 10 megawatts of fusion power. Professor Kulsrud will provide some personal stories about his early days of working with Spitzer. We conclude with some interesting ideas being pursued in current fusion research.