Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

The Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) is concerned with investigating the physical fundamentals underlying a fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... power plant which – like the sun – is designed to gain energyAbility to do work or diffuse heat. The unit of energy is th... from the fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... of light atomic nuclei. The two concepts for the magnetic confinement of fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... plasmaElectrically neutral gas mixture of ions, electrons and neut... – TokamakExperimental arrangement for controlled nuclear fusion. In a... arrangement and stellaratorExperimental arrangement for controlled nuclear fusion. In a... principle – are examined for their power plant suitability at the IPP. In Garching, the ASDEX-Upgrade TokamakExperimental arrangement for controlled nuclear fusion. In a... and the WENDELSTEIN 7-AS stellaratorExperimental arrangement for controlled nuclear fusion. In a... are operated. The successor WENDELSTEIN 7-X is under preparation at the branch institute of IPP in Greifswald. The work of the IPP is integrated in national and European programmes as well as in world-wide co-operation. On the European level, the IPP presently involved in the largest fusionFormation of a heavy nucleus from lighter nuclei releasing e... experiment in the world JETJoint European Torus; large-scale experiment for controlled ... (Joint European Torus). At the same time, IPP co-operates in the world-wide project for the International Thermonuclear Experimental ReactorNuclear reactor specially designed for the testing of materi... ITERThe major international fusion programmes – People’s R....