Alpha E

Examples of Alpha-E in Educational context

Alpha-E integrated into educational context

The following examples illustrate how Alpha-E workshop modules can be organized into full university courses. These are constructed from slide templates available in the Alpha-E library.

Workshop Templates

Ready-to-use workshop templates covering core Alpha-E topics. These can be selected independently or combined into a full course.

Beam-Target Fusion

Radiation Safety

High-Voltage Power Systems

Characterization of ECR Plasma

Course Example

Nuclear Fusion

15–18 hour course with ~15 hours of laboratory instruction

Lecture Units

  1. Fundamentals of Fusion
  2. Fusion Mechanisms and Process
  3. Measurement and Diagnostics
  4. Fusion Output and Applications

Laboratory Modules

  1. Measurement of Coincident Fusion Products
  2. Nuclear Fusion Reactions
  3. Radiation Exposure
  4. Beam-Target Fusion in the Alpha-E System
  5. Characterization of Fusion Products Using CR-39
  6. Fusion Reaction Product Detection
  7. Observation of D-D Fusion Products in a Cloud Chamber
  8. Generation of High-Frequency Signals
  9. Vacuum Systems and Gas Handling Components
  10. Fusion Reaction Rate and Cross Section

Course Example

Plasma Physics

Lecture Units

  1. Plasma Formation and Characteristics
  2. Plasma Dynamics
  3. Measurement and Diagnostics
  4. Applications
    • Nuclear Fusion Systems
    • Particle Beams
    • Aerospace and Cosmology
    • Industrial Process Environment

Laboratory Modules

  1. Microwave Impedance Matching
  2. Characterization of an ECR Plasma
  3. Generation of High-Frequency Signals
  4. Vacuum Systems and Gas Handling Components
  5. Beam-Target Fusion in the Alpha-E System
  6. Ion Beam Characterization
  7. Ion Beam Dynamics
  8. Ion Beam Extraction from a Plasma
  9. Beam plasma composition
  10. Target loading equilibrium constant
  11. Exploring Microwave Plasma Discharge and Ion Beam Formation

Example Datasets & Analysis Toolkits

Pre-collected data and analysis scripts that can be used for coursework independent of live accelerator access.

  • Si-PIN Particle Detection With CR-RC4 filtering
  • CR-39 Analysis with Machine Learning