Ursel Fantz

Ursel Fantz (* 1963 in Sindelfingen ) is a German plasma physicist who has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Augsburg since 1995 and has been researching at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching near Munich since 2010, where she has been provisional in the ITER division since 2010 . Technology and Diagnostics directs. She researches low-temperature plasmas , nuclear fusion , plasma diagnostics , ion sources and fusion technologies.

Life

Interview by Holger Klein with Ursel Fantz about their career and research.

In 1982 Fantz graduated from the Kerschensteinerschule in Stuttgart , a vocational high school . At the same time she graduated as a physical-technical assistant and initially worked for two years in this profession at the Institute for Theory of Electrical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart .

In 1984 Fantz began studying physics at the same point , which she completed in 1991. Then worked Fantz the Institute for Plasma Research at the University, where she in 1995 with a dissertation on the subject Spectroscopic analysis and modeling of microwave-excited Silanplasmen doctorate was. The work was awarded the Anton and Klara Röser Prize in 1996 for special scientific achievements in the field of electrical engineering.

Immediately after completing his doctorate, Fantz was appointed to the chair for experimental plasma physics at the University of Augsburg . In 2002 Fantz completed his habilitation with a thesis on low-temperature plasmas in hydrogen and deuterium .

In 2004 Fantz moved to the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics , but was still active in research and teaching in Augsburg. In 2006 she and her colleagues received the Erwin Schrödinger Prize for interdisciplinary research for "[t] he development of a new type of heater for the ITER fusion test reactor" ( Development of a High-Current-RF-Driven Plasma Source for Negative Ions ). In the same year Fantz was visiting professor at the National Institute for Fusion Science in Tokyo and in 2008 was appointed adjunct professor in Augsburg, where she has held the provisional chair of experimental plasma physics again since 2010 .

Fantz has been acting head of the ITER technology and diagnostics department at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics since 2010 .

Selected publications

U. Fantz et al .: Physical performance analysis and the progress of the development of the negative ion RF source for the ITER NBI system. In: Nuclear Fusion. Volume 49, 2009, 125007.
U. Fantz et al: Negative Ion RF Sources for ITER NBI: Status of the Development and Recent Achievements. In: Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. Volume 49, 2007, pp. 563-580.
U. Fantz, D. Wünderlich: A Novel Diagnostic Technique for H- (D-) Densities in Negative Hydrogen Ion Sources. In: New Journal of Physics. Volume 8, 2006, p. 301.
U. Fantz, D. Wünderlich: Franck-Condon Factors, Transition Probabilities and Radiative Lifetimes for Hydrogen Molecules and Their Isotopomeres. In: Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables. Volume 92, 2006, pp. 853-973.
U. Fantz: Basics of Plasma Spectroscopy. In: Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. Volume 15, 2006, pp. 137-147.

Web links

Ursel Fantz in the AcademiaNet database of renowned women scientists

ITER technology & diagnostics at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

Research group experimental plasma physics at the University of Augsburg

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g AcademiaNet : Prof. Dr. Ursel Fantz . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
↑ University of Augsburg : Working Group Experimental Plasma Physics Accessed on January 11, 2015.
↑ Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics: ITER Technology & Diagnostics . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics: Lectures by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ursel Fantz . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
↑ Resonator podcast of the Helmholtz Association : Fusion researcher Ursel Fantz (episode 21, December 13, 2013)
↑ Thomas Gazlig: Erwin Schrödinger Prize 2006 to fusion researchers. Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, press release from September 12, 2006 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on January 11, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Fantz, Ursel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German plasma physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sindelfingen

[academia-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g AcademiaNet : Prof. Dr. Ursel Fantz . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[2] University of Augsburg : Working Group Experimental Plasma Physics Accessed on January 11, 2015.

[3] Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics: ITER Technology & Diagnostics . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[mpi_vl-4] Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics: Lectures by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ursel Fantz . Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[5] Resonator podcast of the Helmholtz Association : Fusion researcher Ursel Fantz (episode 21, December 13, 2013)

[6] Thomas Gazlig: Erwin Schrödinger Prize 2006 to fusion researchers. Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, press release from September 12, 2006 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on January 11, 2015.