Osthoff Plasma Physics Prize awarded
10 Jul 2009
The photomontage presents a cross-section of the ASDEX Upgrade plasma computed with a model of Philipp Lauber's, showing a perturbation, a so-called toroidal Alfven eigenmode. The result computed was integrated in the plasma vessel instead of the real plasma.© IPP
The Hans Werner Osthoff Plasma Physics Prize 2009 is equally shared by the two German scientists Jan Benedikt from the University of Bochum and Philipp Lauber from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of plasma physics, and is particularly directed at supporting junior scientists. Lauber acquired international recognition for developing a computer simulation for predicting the behaviour of the plasma in ITER.