IRAN - PPRC

PLASMA PHYSICS RESEARCH CENTER OF
ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY

Poonak, Hesarak, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University
P.O.Box 14835-159 Tehran

Telephone: +98 21 481 7198 / +98 21 481 7162 / +98 21 481 7197
Telefax: +98 21 481 7165
E-mail: pprc@safineh.net
            amirsari@hotmail.com
URL:   http://www.marquiswhoswho.net/GORANNEVISS

	Ghoranneviss, Mahmood	(Associate Professor, Director)
	Anvari, Abbas	(Ph.D., Research Advisor)
	Abhari, Ali	(B.Sc., Electronic & Control)
	Aghamir, Farzin	(Ph.D., Mathematical modeling and simulation group)
	Arvin, Reza	(B.Sc., Vacuum & Control)
	Bakhtiari, Mohammad1	(Ph.D. Student, Soft X-ray)
	Borghai, Majid	(Ph.D. Student, Impurity)
	Doranian, Davood2	(Ph.D. Student, Diagnostics & Analyzing)
	Hantehzadeh, M.R.	(Ph.D., Head of Solid State Group SIMS Lab.)
	Hojabri, Alireza	(Ph.D. Student, Diagnostics & Analyzing)
	Kashani, Mehrdad3	(Ph.D. Student, Plasma Focus)
	Khorshid, Pejman	(Ph.D. Student, Control & Diagnostics & Analyzing)
	Masnavi, Majid4	(Ph.D. Student, Diagnostics & Analyzing)
	Salem, M. Kazem	(Ph.D. Student, Plasma Spectroscopy & Impurities)
	Sari, Amir H.	(M.Sc., Data Acquisition System & Spectrophotometry Lab.)
	Shokuhi, Ali	(B.Sc., Ion Implantation Lab.)

¹Now studies Ph.D. (1999-2002) in Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Large Tokamak Experimental Division II Naka Fusion Research establishment and research on ''Disruptions and Runaway Electrons in Tokamaks'' and ''Laser Plasma Interaction''.
²Now studies Ph.D. (2000-2003) in Utsunomiya University (Japan) on ''Plasma Radiation during High Intensity Laser Pulse - Plasma Interaction''.
³Now studies Ph.D. (2000-2003) on ''Dense Plasma Focus Device, Sheet Z-pinch'' in Nihon University, College of Science and Technology.
⁴Now studies Ph.D. (2001-2004) and works in T.I.T. (Japan) on Plasma Fusion.



Research activities:
1. Tokamak (Magnetic Confinement Plasma)
Institute for plasma research is dedicated to developing fusion technologies through experiments on it's existing Tokamak, Iran Tokamak1 (IR-T1).
Research by the group has focused mainly on instabilities and disruption in IR-T1. Research concentrations:

• Plasma stability at low-q(a).
• Resonance Helical Field.
• High plasma current and high plasma density operation.
• Diagnostics
• Magnetic field structures

Iran Tokamak1 Characteristics:
Device Name and Type:	IR-T1 (Iran Tokamak number One) TOKAMAK and
	Air Core Transformer Type
Minor Radius:	0.125
Major Radius:	0.450
Material of First Wall:	Stainless Steel
Limiter Type and Diameter (m):	Ring Limiter and 0.250
Toroidal Magnetic Field:	0.6-0.9 Tesla
Ripple at Plasma Edge and Number of Coils:	16
Transformer:	0.2V.s
Auxiliary Heating:	NONE
Plasma Current:	40-60 kA
Discharge Duration (flat top time)(ms):	18-22
Energy Confinement Time (ms):	1-3
Average Electron Density x 1019m-3:	2-4
Electron and Ion Temperature Ratio (keV):	0.25/0.08
Operational Since:	January 1995
Remarks:	Helical Windings (n = 1, = 2; n = 1, = 3),
	Feedback Control System

2. MHD Project
We are going to simulate an optimum condition for inflow disk MHD generator.

3. Industrial Plasma Engineering

• Construction of ion sources for thin film deposition.
• Investigation about cold plasma application.

We have the following labs in our center that work under solid state group:

1. SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry)
2. Ion Implantation and Plasma Accelerator
3. Spectrophotometry
4. SPM (Scanning Probe Microscope)
5. Image Analysis System