Research and projects

Recent research topics

  • Computational and theoretical plasma physics
  • Nonlinear dynamics, turbulence and structure formation
  • Turbulence in the edge of magnetised fusion plasmas
  • Multi scale interactions during formation and collapse of transport barriers in tokamaks
  • Many particle dynamics in magnetised plasmas
ELM Ausbruch

PhD / MSc / BSc theses

  • Possible topics for future MSc thesis works for students in the MSc Physics programme: Please contact Prof. Kendl for more information on possible MSc thesis topics and requirements. MSc thesis research topics in our group are suitable for the MSc specialisation areas "Many-Body Physics", "Computational Physics", or "Ion Physics and Applied Physics". Usually a thesis work in our group has strong computational elements, so that some basic existing knowledge on numerics, programming (C/C++) and Linux is helpful. Knowledge on plasma physics and/or fluid dynamics (through the courses offered in our MSc programme) is desired.
  • Topics for future BSc seminar works: see teaching page of the institute
  • Completed PhD / MSc / BSc Theses

Recent funded projects

Software (open source)

  • TIFF - 2D full-f full-k gyrofluid (Hasegawa-Waktani and interchange driven) turbulence code (Gitlab@UIBK)
  • GHW  -  2D delta-f gyrofluid Hasegawa-Wakatani turbulence code (Gitlab@UIBK)
  • VOR2   -  2D incompressible Navier-Stokes code in vorticity-streamfunction form - for teaching purposes, such as the course "Many-body theory: fluid dynamics" (Gitlab@UIBK, access with UIBK login)
  • FELTOR  -  Numerical methods for SOL blob and turbulence simulations (GitHub; main authors: Wiesenberger, Held)

Hardware (Infrastructure)

  • Hochleistungs-GPU-Server - Ethernet Cluster mit einem Login Node und 5 Compute Nodes. Die Knoten sind unterschiedlich bestückt. Jeder Knoten ist mit zwei Intel Xeon CPUs und 4 bis 7 GPUs ausgestattet.

Past funded projects

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