The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, IPP) is a

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institute investigating the physical foundations of a fusion power plant. The IPP is an institute of the

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, part of the European Atomic Energy Community, and an associated member of the Helmholtz Association. The IPP has two sites:

Garching Garching bei München (''Garching near Munich'') or Garching is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near Munich. It is the home of several research institutes and university departments on its campus. It became a city on 14 September 1990. Location The ...

near

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(founded 1960) and Greifswald (founded 1994), both in

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. It owns several large devices, namely * the experimental tokamak

ASDEX Upgrade ASDEX Upgrade (''Axially Symmetric Divertor Experiment'') is a divertor tokamak, that went into operation at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching in 1991. At present, it is Germany's second largest fusion experiment after stellarat ...

(in operation since 1991) * the experimental stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (in operation since 2016) * a

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* a high heat flux test facility (GLADIS) Furthermore it cooperates closely with the

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and

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projects.

Scientific divisions

* Tokamak Scenario Development * Plasma Edge and Wall * Stellarator Heating and Optimization * Stellarator Dynamics and Transport * Stellarator Edge and Divertor Physics * Wendelstein 7-X Operations * Stellarator Theory * Tokamak Theory * Numerical Methods in Plasma Physics * ITER Technology & Diagnostics * Young Investigators

Graduate program

The International Helmholtz Graduate School for Plasma Physics partners with the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

(TUM) and the University of Greifswald. Associated partners are the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Greifswald and the Leibniz Computational Center (LRZ) in Garching.

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References

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