Awarded Projects

The project proposes to perform the first global simulations of plasma fluid turbulence in the W7-AS stellarator. The simulations will be performed with GBS, a three-dimensional turbulence code that solves the drift- reduced Braginskii equations in a toroidal domain and with first-principles sheath

Tremendous progress has been made in magnetic confinement fusion research over the past decades, culminating in the recent world record energy output recorded at JET. However, the challenge of achieving a self-sustaining plasma remains.

We propose to conduct global MHD simulations of the whole Solar convection zone. This first-of-a-kind simulation will connect internal dynamo simulations to the surface of the Sun on a global scale.

This project aims at studying the turbulent flow of two immiscible fluid layers of different properties, between two parallel walls of idealized rectangular channel geometry.

The understanding and tuning of the electronic properties of graphene on metals, possibly encompassing magnetism, is crucial towards the inclusion of graphene into devices, and graphene-based electronics on a large industrial scale.

Turbulent flows laden with drops are ubiquitous in nature and in our everyday life. These flows play a key-role in various applications, from geophysical phenomena to food and industrial processes.

Experimental explorations at RHIC and LHC have revealed the surprising fact that the long-distance behavior of the QGP closely resembles that of an almost inviscid fluid.

Quantum Chromodynamics has yielded a huge amount of understanding about how the nucleon and other hadrons are built from quarks and gluons, the fundamental degrees of freedom in QCD.

The accurate simulation of separated flows induced by impinging shock waves is an argument of great interest for the aeronautical and aerospace industry.