Culham Plasma Physics Summer School 2010
The Research Department enabled the participation of Michael Zacharias, Tomislav Skoda, and Michal Michno in the „Culham Plasma Physics Summer School 2010“ from July 12th to July 23rd. This school was the 47th in the series organized at Culham Science Centre, near Oxford. The school was addressed to graduate and PhD students from all over the world and offered lectures in fundamental principles of plasma physics on the one hand and a broad range of applications on the other hand. The participants deepened their understanding of MHD and kinetic theory and broadened their knowledge by studying the applications in fusion, astrophysics and industrial plasmas. The lectures on space plasmas by Dr. Jonathan Eastwood from the Imperial College London and on astrophysical plasmas by Dr. Philippa Browning from the University of Manchester were of particular interest for the Research Department. There was also a lot of room for scientific exchange and the participants made valuable contacts to other researchers.