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Can all those members of staff who have not yet read this year\u2019s safety handbook please do so. Then print out and sign the front page to say you have read it and return to G. Wilkinson\u2019s pigeon hole. It our legal duty to provide you with guidance on how to stay safe whilst at work, this document is part of this process.<\/p>\n
Shonah Ion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tokamak Energy Fusion Development<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Alan Costley Abstract:<\/strong> Alan Costley: Short\u00a0Bio.<\/strong><\/p>\n Alan Costley, a PhD graduate of the Physics Department at\u00a0Imperial College, has worked in fusion for more than 40 years\u00a0and published\u00a0extensively in the field. He has held senior positions at the JET project,\u00a0Culham Laboratory, and on the\u00a0international ITER project in Cadarache, France.\u00a0\u00a0Since\u00a0retiring from ITER in 2009, he has\u00a0consulted for government and private organisations.\u00a0\u00a0He now works mostly as a consultant to Tokamak\u00a0Energy Ltd,\u00a0a private UK company attempting to find a faster route to fusion\u00a0power.<\/p>\n Sam Murphy<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cavendish Colloquium Advanced Josephson junction circuits: The coherence in thermal transport<\/p>\n Speaker: Prof. Francesco Giazotto<\/p>\n Sergey Kafanov <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n C36 Physics eMERLIN Legacy Surveys – a new window on the radio Universe<\/p>\n Speaker: Alasdair Thomson<\/p>\n Steven Williams <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n C36 Physics Unveiling the properties of luminous galaxies in the epoch of re-ionisation<\/p>\n Speaker: Jorryt Matthee<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Physics C36 Nanobridges as Josephson junctions: Shapiro steps as a probe of overheating<\/p>\n Speaker: Dr. Connor Shelly<\/p>\n Sergey Kafanov <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We will be hosting our second Research Software Forum.\u00a0 This is a place for researchers to meet and exchange ideas on using software for research, how software can support\/enhance research, programming practices that can aid research or anything else at the intersection of research and software.\u00a0 This will take place on Monday 17th December from 12:00-14:00 in C36 in the Physics Building, light lunch will be provided so please register so we know numbers and dietary requirements.<\/p>\n The event is aimed at all researchers and postgraduates who meet ANY of the following criteria:<\/p>\n Do you use software in your research?<\/p>\n Do you write bits of code?<\/p>\n Do you supervise people who write code?<\/p>\n We will start with a short (15-20 min) key note talk given by Dr. Andrew Wharton from physics(title to be confirmed) and then have a series of lightning talks (3-5 minutes) on just about anything related to using software or computers for research. Please feel free to submit a talk. – a request for help with a programming issue \/ request for appropriate software \/ advice. If it is related to research, software, and computing then please submit something – if you think it could help someone, present it! These are not aimed to be comprehensive talks, but to start conversations (inside or outside the meeting).<\/p>\n To register please go to: You can see details of the previous event here: Robin Long<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stamps for the local Scouts Christmas Post and a collection box facility are available from Stephen Holt C504 Physics Electronics Workshop Ext 93648. Stephen Holt<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friday 14th December \u2013 Lancaster Town Hall<\/p>\n \u201cTwo local dance organisations, Lancaster Lindy Circle<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bay Balboa<\/a>, are co-hosting a Winter Swing Dance Ball with live music and a Strictly Come Dancing-style competition. The ball is 7pm-midnight on Friday 14th December and will be held in the Ashton Hall at Lancaster Town Hall. All proceeds will go to\u00a0CancerCare North Lancashire and South Cumbria<\/a>! Put on your Gatsby-style glad-rags, dig out your best dancing shoes and come to relive the glamour of the 1930s and 1940s, all for a great cause. You don’t need to be a dancer to come and enjoy this event – everyone is welcome and who knows, you might even pick up a dance step or two from our friendly\u00a0Lancaster Swing Dancers<\/a>!! Drinks are being provided by Lytham Fizz<\/a> and cakes from Filbert\u2019s<\/a>. So, join us in aid of a great cause, and celebrate the 80th anniversary of swing music going mainstream. This will be a great festive night out, so why not bring along your family or workmates for a Christmas knees up?<\/p>\n Tickets should be bought in advance and are currently available at \u00a325 (early bird price). They can be bought online from\u00a0TicketSource<\/a>\u00a0(plus a booking fee) or, if you prefer, you can buy tickets directly from\u00a0Chris Arridge<\/a>\u00a0(c.arridge@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>) or\u00a0Gabbi Burley<\/a>\u00a0(g.burley@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>) – just get in touch!<\/p>\n Chris Arridge<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lancashire Lecture Programme 2018 \u2013 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Start Times: 18:00 (refreshments) for 18:30<\/strong><\/p>\n Venues:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Bowdery<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Departmental Safety handbook Can all those members of staff who have not yet read this year\u2019s safety handbook please do so. Then print out and sign the front page to say you have read it and return to G. Wilkinson\u2019s pigeon hole. 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\nVenue:\u00a0<\/strong>Management School LT4
\nDate and Time:\u00a0<\/strong>12th\u00a0December\u00a020<\/span>18 – 14:00<\/p>\n
\nTwo\u00a0recent developments in fusion research promise to open a faster route to fusion\u00a0power.\u00a0\u00a0A re-examination of the ITER\u00a0confinement databases has\u00a0shown that for tokamaks the fusion gain, Qfus,\u00a0depends only weakly on device size implying that, at least from a physics\u00a0perspective, a high fusion\u00a0performance can be obtained in relatively small devices.\u00a0\u00a0Reduction factors of three or four in\u00a0power and at least an order of magnitude in volume\u00a0appear feasible from a\u00a0physics perspective.\u00a0\u00a0The main size\u00a0drivers are found to be engineering and technological aspects rather than\u00a0physics\u00a0considerations.\u00a0\u00a0The magnets are\u00a0a major size driver and high-temperature superconductors (HTS) appear to offer\u00a0significant advantages over low-temperature superconductors as used in current\u00a0devices.\u00a0\u00a0These developments combine well\u00a0in the spherical tokamak (ST), which is a tokamak with a\u00a0relatively low ratio\u00a0of the plasma major radius to minor radius, i.e. a tokamak with a shape that\u00a0resembles a cored-apple rather than the traditional\u00a0doughnut.\u00a0\u00a0An approach based on STs fitted with HTS\u00a0magnets is being pursued by Tokamak Energy Ltd, a privately funded company based\u00a0in\u00a0Oxfordshire; rapid and promising progress is being made.\u00a0\u00a0Details of both developments will be\u00a0presented and the opportunities and challenges of this\u00a0alternative route to\u00a0fusion, including the Tokamak Energy development programme, will be outlined.<\/p>\nCondensed Matter Seminar<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nMonday 10 December 2018
\n3:00pm to 4:00pm<\/p>\nAstrophysics Seminar<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nTuesday 11 December 2018
\n3:00pm to 4:00pm<\/p>\nAstrophysics Seminar<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nFriday 14 December 2018
\n11:00am to 12:00pm<\/p>\n
\nSteven Williams <\/strong><\/p>\nCondensed Matter Seminar<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nFriday 14 December 2018
\n3:00pm to 4:00pm<\/p>\nResearch Software Forum – 17th December, 12-2pm<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nSuggestions for talks include:<\/p>\n
\n– a piece of software and how you use it in your research
\n– a module\/library\/package you have found helpful
\n– your git workflow
\n– some software that you think more people should use
\n– an introduction to concepts such as testing or debugging
\n– or even just something that you think might be useful for researchers using software to know.<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/research-software-forum-tickets-53132456608<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/research-software-forum\/rsf-i-22-11-2017\/<\/a><\/p>\nScouts Christmas Post<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nStamps are priced at 30p each and the last collection date in the Department will be the Thursday13th December.<\/p>\nCancerCare Fundraising Ball<\/strong><\/h2>\n
IOP Institute of Physics – Lancashire and Cumbria Branch<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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