The Department was founded in 1979​

Summary

 

The scientific laboratories of the Department perform studying the problem of controlled thermonuclear fusion, the processes of interaction of accelerated atomic particles with structural materials, as well as in the fields of plasma and nanotechnology. The Department graduates specialists who are able to work in these areas.

The Department teaches disciplines in the general physics course for seven different bachelor's degree courses.

Research areas

  • Heat exchange in new generation power equipment. Investigation of heat transfer processes in capillary-porous structures, heat-generating assemblies with ball filling.

  • Investigation of the processes how accelerated atomic particles interact with structural materials of complex composition. Theoretical material gives the most complete and accurate processes description of interaction of light ions, electrons and X-rays with materials.
  • Experimental and theoretical study of the chemical and phase composition of thin and ultrathin inhomogeneous films depending on the conditions of their creation.
  • Problems of production, investigation of physical and chemical characteristics and applied usage of nanocarbon materials such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, graphene and nanostructured soot.
  • Investigation of refractory materials and liquid metal lithium and tin components and structures under the powerful plasma-heat load expected in a thermonuclear tokamak reactor.

Recent projects

State assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia «Investigation of processes in materials and mechanisms of surface modification under the influence of thermal, beam and plasma loads, methods of heat removal from these surfaces and the use of modified materials in power engineering»

Project of State Corporation «Rosatom» « Investigation of plasma shielding under intense arc and plasma-beam erosion of tungsten and lithium materials to ensure stationary operation of a tokamak reactor »

State assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia «Investigation of the effect of amplification of the Raman scattering signal by carbon nanotubes»

State assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia « Determination of structural features of nanocarbon films formed in advanced power equipment by electron spectroscopy methods»

Features

The uniqueness of obtaining higher education at the Department is the training individuality. Classes with students are conducted by both teachers of the department and leading specialists of Russian research centers . Since junior courses, students have been involved in research work. They have the opportunity to work on large-scale experimental devices.

The educational laboratories of the department are equipped with modern laboratory installations and measuring instruments. The computer laboratory workshop developed at the department allows performing laboratory work in simulation mode and conducting statistical processing of the results of both model and real experiments.

Computer educational and methodological complexes have been developed for the General Physics course for the open education system using distance learning technology.​​​​

Unique equipment

Experimental stand "Unilateral target heating" for the study of heat transfer in structural elements facing the discharge chamber of thermonuclear reactors at ultrahigh energy density

The stand provides: pumping of the working chamber, heating of the working area with an electron beam, accelerating voltage up to 60 kV, maximum beam power up to 60 kW, coolant circulation in the hydraulic circuit, operating pressure in the hydraulic circuit up to 2 MPa, coolant flow rate up to 0.5 kg/s.

Experimental stand “Fuel assembly"

The hydraulic circuit of the stand is a closed single-circuit hermetically tight circulation system filled with distilled water, with an operating pressure range of 0.1÷16.0 MPa, temperatures of 10÷349°C. The main element of the high-frequency heating system is a high-frequency generator. The generator provides an oscillatory power of 60 kW at the output of the circuit at a frequency of 0.44 MHz.

Stand for the study of heat transfer and hydrodynamics in minichannels at high values of reduced pressure

The experimental stand is designed to study the features of hydrodynamics and heat exchange of two-phase flows in channels of small diameter at high reduced pressures. The operating pressure range in the circuit is 0.3 - 2.5 MPa, the coolant flow rate is up to 0.01 kg/s.

Plasma device PLM-M

The unique plasma device PLM-M is a multicusp linear trap with a steady-state plasma discharge for plasma testing of fusion materials of a thermonuclear reactor. The PLM-M device has no analogues in Russia, it is among several of the most powerful devices of such class in the world. The density of the heat flux on the tested surface of materials in experiments on the PLM-M, facing the plasma, reaches 10 MW/m2 or more in experiments with the additional use of a laser load . The PLM-M is equipped with a set of contact and non-contact plasma diagnostics.

SORBI-M device for measuring texture characteristics of dispersed and porous materials

The SORBI-M device provides specific surface measurement using the 4-point BET method. The device has the ability to measure nanopowders with a particle size of 10 nm.

Electron-ion spectroscopy module based on the NanoFab 25 platform

The ultrahigh vacuum analytical module of electron-ion spectroscopy based on the NanoFab 25 platform is designed for complex analysis of the surface layers of a solid. In the analytical module, samples with sizes up to 10×10×8 mm can be examined under ultrahigh vacuum conditions (2×10-8Pa).

The analytical module allows you to implement the following methods of analyzing the surface of a solid: Auger electron spectroscopy (AES); X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS); Ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS); other promising, developing methods of analysis based on electron spectroscopy: Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), Elastic peak electron spectroscopy (EPES), Reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS).

Educational programs

​Bachelor

14.03.01 Nuclear Power Engineering and Thermophysics, Program: Thermonuclear Fusion Reactors and Plasma Facilities

Master

14.04.01 Nuclear Power Engineering and Thermophysics, Program: Applied Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion

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