Jan Scheffel
Fusion Plasma Physics division
Alfvén Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
SE - 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Phone: 08-790 8939

Email: jans@kth.se

General Information
Professor in Theoretical Fusion Plasma Physics.
Director of graduate studies (Sw: Studierektor), division of Fusion Plasma Physics, School of Electrical Engineering, KTH.
Chairman of Undergraduate Studies (Sw: Programansvarig) for the CL programme (Master of Engineering and of Education; Civilingenjör & Lärare) at KTH.
Chairman of Undergraduate Studies for the degree programme OPEN Entrance (Öppen Ingång) at KTH.
Public Information contact for Swedish fusion research.
Vice director, division of Fusion Plasma Physics, School of Electrical Engineering, KTH.
Author of the book Tankens Villkor.

Research areas

  • SIR - an efficient root solver for systems of nonlinear equations

    •     Brief description of SIR

    SIR

        Solution of Systems of Equations - a Semi-implicit Approach
        Applied Numerical Mathematics
        Volume 59, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 2430-2443

    Paper

  • Analytical methods for solving initial value PDE:s

    •     Does Nature Solve Differential Equations?
        TRITA_ALF-2002-02, Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm

    Paper

        Analytical Simulation - an Analytical Approach to Solving
        Initial-value Problems
        TRITA_ALF-2003-07, Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm

    Paper

  • Reversed-field Pinch confinement and transport

    •     Confinement Scaling Laws for the Conventional
        Reversed-field Pinch
        Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(2000)322.

    Abstract

    Paper

        Numerical Studies of Confinement Scaling in the
        Conventional RFP
        Nuclear Fusion 40(2000)1885.

    Abstract

    Paper

  • Kinetic plasma stability theory

    •     Large Larmor Radius Stability of the Z-pinch
        Phys. Rev. Lett. 72(1994)2399.

    Abstract

    Paper

        Linear Stability of the High Temperature, Dense Z-pinch
        Phys. Rev. Lett. 74(1995)2698.

    Abstract

    Paper

  • General physics

    •     On the Minimum Elementary Charge of an Extended
        Electromagnetic Theory
        Physica Scripta 65(2002)200.

    Abstract

    Paper

    Pedagogical interests
    CL programme
    OPEN programme
    Learning-oriented course model using continual examination
    Cooperation in the subject of Physics with upper secondary (Sw: gymnasium) schools

    Teaching, undergraduate courses at KTH

  • ED1100 Ingenjörsvetenskap
  • ED1110 Vektoranalys
  • ED2200 Energy and Fusion Research

    Teaching, graduate courses at KTH

  • F2A5087 Research methodology and presentation techniques (pdf)
  • F2A5041 Magnetohydrodynamics, gk (pdf)
  • F2A5055 Fusion research (pdf)

    Articles in press on energy and the need for fusion
    Why we need fusion energy (pdf)
    Fund fusion for the sustainable future (pdf)
    Fusionskraften - en nyckelroll i energiframtiden (jpg)
    Ett farligt önsketänkande (jpg)
    Förnybar energi kommer aldrig att räcka till (jpg)
    Fusionskraft, behövs den? (jpg)

    More about fusion
    See the video on Fusion at KTH Energy Platform

    Philosophy, popular science
    Tankens Villkor, a book about the limits to rational thinking in mathematics, the natural sciences and in everyday life.
    Here is Chapter 4 Paradoxer (pdf, in Sw.)

    Blog
    I have a blog in Forskning & Framsteg, a Swedish popular science journal.

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