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Congratulations to Pierre Guillon, who successfully defended his thesis entitled “Transport Modelling for Fusion Devices Using Reduced Models for Turbulence” Absract The goal of this thesis is to develop and improve reduced models for turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas, using the mini mal non-trivial model for instability-driven tokamak plasma turbulence: the Hasegawa-Wakatani (HW) system. Despite its simplicity, this two-dimensional fluid system...

On June 8 and 9, the LPP organized a workshop devoted to non-thermal plasmas, bringing together several international specialists to discuss current challenges in plasma diagnostics, modeling, and applications. The first day was held in the Jean-Lascoux room and focused on laser diagnostics, modeling, and experiments related to plasma thrusters and atmospheric-pressure plasmas. The second day, held in the LMS conference room, was dedicated to gas...

The Smile space mission was successfully launched on 19 May 2026 aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Jointly led by the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Smile (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) opens a new chapter in the study of interactions between the Sun and Earth’s magnetic environment. LPP contributes to this scientific endeavour through the involvement of the...