Syllabus
Structure of the training program
The Master-2 (M2) is structured in teaching units (UE).
In fall (one week in October-November) and in winter (one month from mid-February to mid-March), students are gathered outside of Paris area , on sites housing major research instruments. These gatherings of students from four sites in France (Nancy, Marseille, Bordeaux, Paris) are coordinated within the framework of the federation “Education for sciences of fusion and hot plasmas”.
The courses are grouped into a common core of teaching attended by the entire class and into three specialization courses, each attended by about 1/3 of the class, bringing together students motivated to invest in the chosen thematic and including the winter gathering.
The various courses combine modeling, experimentation, instrumentation with close contact with major research infrastructures, in the three courses briefly illustrated below:
In Cadarache , with W(Tungstène) Environment in Steady-state Tokamak (WEST) :
In Caen, with the national heavy ion large accelerator (GANIL) :
A Bordeaux, with the laser MegaJoule (LMJ) :
GI-PLATO : First semester
| Code | Name | ECTS credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
GI-PLATO-TC1 |
PLATO- Relativity, electromagnetism, plasmasRelativity, electromagnetism, plasmas | 2 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC2 |
PLATO- Physics of tokamaksPhysics of tokamaks | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC3 |
PLATO- Physics of lasers and laser-driven plasmas | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC4 |
PLATO- Physics of acceleratorsPhysics of accelerators | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC5 |
PLATO- Cross-cutting physics and technologiesCross-cutting physics and technologies | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC6 |
Numerical methods | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC7 |
Projects and organisation of large facilities | 2 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-TC8 |
PLATO- Hands-on on large facilities | 5 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-AC1 |
PLATO- Material irradiationGI-PLATO- Material irradiationMaterial irradiationRadiation and Material irradiation | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-AC2 |
PLATO- Detection and measure | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-FM1 |
PLATO- Plasma-material interaction | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-FM2 |
PLATO- Detection, measure, radiation | 3 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-LP1 |
PLATO- Ultra-intense laser-plasma interaction | 4 |
1 |
GI-PLATO-LP2 |
PLATO- Dense plasmasDense plasmas | 2 |
1 |
GI-PLATO : Second semester
| Code | Name | ECTS credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
GI-PLATO/G1 |
Advanced technologies for accelerators (Student gathering in Geneva) | 6 |
2 |
GI-PLATO-AC3 |
PLATO- Radiofrequencies | 3 |
2 |
GI-PLATO-FM3 |
PLATO- Confinement, heating, transportConfinement, heating, transport | 3 |
2 |
GI-PLATO-LP3 |
PLATO- Laser-plasma interaction and inertial confinement fusion | 3 |
2 |
GI-PLATO RegtB |
Visit-seminar - student gathering in Bordeaux | 0 |
2 |
GI-PLATO/B1 |
High density of energy (student gathering in Bordeaux) | 6 |
2 |
GI-PLATO/C1 |
Tokamaks : operation and researches (student gathering in Cadarache) | 6 |
2 |