LABORATORY OF "INVESTIGATIONS OF
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC PROCESSES IN PLASMAS"
The Laboratory of “Investigations of Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in Plasmas” of I. Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics of Tbilisi State University (VIAM TSU) was created on January 1 of 1998 on the basis of the Department of Engineering and Physical Problems of the same Institute. At present the Laboratory is subdivision of the Department of Numerical Methods of VIAM TSU.
Head of the Laboratory is the Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Mr. Kaladze Tamaz, D.
Team of the Laboratory has great experience in physical and mathematical modeling of different problems arising in plasma physics. Beginning from 1968 team both theoretically and numerically investigates magnetohydrodynamic and kinetic effects in connection with various type of collective processes taking place in laboratory, space and thermonuclear plasmas. In particular, waves spectra and their propagation peculiarities, beam-plasma interaction, high-frequensy plasma heating in fusion devices, thermonuclear instabilities caused by the fision products – Alpha-particles, magnetosphere and ionosphere plasmas of the Earth, nonlinear solitary structures like solitons and vortices in both neutral and charged various media have the main interest of laboratory’s investigations. Obtained results are applied to plasma stability problems in thermonuclear magnetic traps, geophysical and strong turbulent theory questions, prediction of some unusual natural phenomena (earthquakes, climate, dynamo of magnetic fields, lightnings and etc. ) , explanation of numerous satellite data and ground based experimental observations in the Earth’s atmosphere and ionosphere, stimulation of new experimental observations, improving the monitoring and control of dynamics of contamination of the atmosphere and elaboration of recommendations, enrich numerical methods when solving two and three-dimensional nonlinear mathematical questions and development of corresponding ideas and theories of physics of physics and mathematics.
Team of the laboratory regularly exchenges scientific informations with scientists of the world, facilitates the cooperations among the plasma theorists. As a result of collaboration team has carried out common investigations with such well-known scientist as A. B. Mikhailovskii (Moscow, I. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Russian Federation), K. N. Stepanov (Kharov, Physical-Technical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian Republic), V. I. Petviashvili ( Moscow, I. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Russian Federation), J.G. Lominadze (Tbilisi, Abastumani, Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia), P. K. Shukla ( Bochum, Institute für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universität, Germany), L. Stenflo (Umea, Umea University, Sweden), R. Z. Sagdeev ( Maryland, University of Maryland, USA), W. Horton (Austin, University of Texas at Austin, USA) and O. A. Pokhotelov ( Moscow, Russian Federation). Team is famous with its scientific results. It should be noted that team had created the theory of wave propagation on conditions of curvilinear magnetic field of the thermonuclear tokamak devices. Team had greatly contributed to modeling of nonlinear processes both in neutral and charge media on the basis of solitary structural formations. In this connection the results obtained in the Earth’s atmosphere and ionosphere should be noted.
Team more than once participated in various international scientific meetings and conferences and its results are regularly published in prestige scientific Journals. Obtained by team scientific results are numereously cited and highly appreciated by foreign authors. The purpose of team is also to induce and educate young and bright scientists, increase the friendship, create open society and development of plasma and fusion scientic.