Is it possible to build a star on Earth?
Talk
Dr Kate Lancaster, Department of Physics
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Event date
Tuesday 12 May 2020, 7pm to 8pm
Location
Online event
Audience
Open to alumni, staff, students, the public
Admission
Free admission, booking required
Event details
Department of Physics Open Lecture
Trying to recreate the energy source of the stars, nuclear fusion, on earth presents huge challenges in physics and engineering. The benefits of nuclear fusion if successful are an almost limitless, clean energy source. There are many challenges associated with keeping matter at 150 million degrees trapped inside a reactor without touching it! This talk is the story of how, in the absence of a lab the size of a star, we are attempting to make fusion into an energy source for the future.