Valuable data from TFTR, recently closed, is still being analyzed. Theoretical research includes the areas of magnetic confinement of hot plasma as well as intense laser-plasma interactions, magnetospherical and astrophysical plasmas, and various plasma devices. From their first week, graduate students participate in both the experimental and theoretical research programs at the laboratory using all these facilities. Students interested in the engineering aspects of plasma physics and fusion research should consult the section on the Program in Plasma Science and Technology in this catalog. 514 Structure of the Stars Bohdan Paczynski, Jeremy Goodman Theoretical and numerical analysis of the structure of stars and their evolution.
Emphasis is given to numerical modeling of various types of stars.
517 Diffuse Matter in Space Bruce T. Draine Discussion of the important physical processes in the interstellar medium, including heating and cooling, atomic and molecular excitation, chemical reactions, ionization and recombination, radiative transfer, fluid dynamics, and physics of interstellar dust. Review of observational evidence from which properties of the interstellar medium are inferred. Problems considered include physical conditions in interstellar clouds, interstellar shock waves, effects of cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and star formation. 519 Plasma Astrophysics Staff Plasma physics processes in the solar system, galaxies, and the intergalactic medium and solar dynamo theory, chromospheric and coronal magnetic fields, rotating magnetohydrodynamics, galactic magnetic field and cosmic ray acceleration are studied. 520 High-Energy Astrophysics David N. Spergel, Jeremy Goodman, Bohdan Paczynski Astrophysical applications of electrodynamics, nuclear, and particle physics.