Magneto-Fluid Dynamics Division
The Magneto-Fluid Dynamics Division was founded by Harold Grad, who initiated his research on the mathematical problems of plasma physics in 1954. Today, the research program of the Magneto-Fluid Dynamics Division investigates a wide range of problems of interest to the U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program. The major topics of the Division are plasma edge and divertor studies, improved MHD codes (e.g. the M3D code) and their application to realistic problems, kinetic theory and transport in tokamaks and stellarators, full-f gyrokinetic codes (e.g. the XGC codes), wave propagation, current and flow drive in plasmas, and multi-fluid models.
