29 Mar 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
CNRS- Department
Centre lasers intenses et applications- Research Field
Physics- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
France- Application Deadline
18 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
35- Offer Starting Date
1 Oct 2024- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Joint thesis scholarship:
FR University, University of Bordeaux,
AU University, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Almost all efforts to realize fusion-based energy generation involve thermally fusing two isotopes of hydrogen – deuterium with tritium (DT fusion). Due to recent advances in laser technology – and in particular chirped pulsed amplification (CPA) – it is now believed that a viable, although difficult, path to fusion can rest on the fusion of hydrogen (H) with boron (B). The HB fusion reaction possesses the key advantage that it is aneutronic i.e. that it does not release energetic neutrons. This would virtually eliminate the deleterious environmental impact associated with neutron radiation (activation of material) and overall greatly enhance operational safety and drastically reduce production of radioactive waste.
The key to unlock the potential of HB fusion is to move away from thermal equilibrium by providing to the reactants the kinetic energy necessary for fusion not through thermal motion but through electromagnetic field acceleration. While petawatt laser systems have already been used for fusion experiments providing interesting results, a strong need exists to explore the wide parameter space (in terms of pulse duration, peak power, focussing geometry) that is needed for optimising the process of particle generation in order to enabling HB fusion in a controlled environment. This project is in collaboration with the Centro de Laseres PUlsados (CLPU), Salamanca, Spain and HB11 Energy Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Physics
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Languages
- FRENCH
- Level
- Basic
- Research Field
- Physics
- Years of Research Experience
- None
Additional Information
- Website for additional job details
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR5107-SOPHEU0-051/Default.aspx
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Centre lasers intenses et applications
- Country
- France
- City
- TALENCE
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR5107-SOPHEU0-051/Candidater.aspx
Contact
- City
TALENCE- Website
http://www.celia.u-bordeaux.cnrs.fr
STATUS: EXPIRED
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