Plasma Physics Laboratory
Forrestal Campus, C-Site, Room L222
Princeton University
PO Box 451, Princeton, NJ 08543

Tel: (609) 243-2162
Email: hji@pppl.gov

Typically on Mon., Wed., and Thu.
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Peyton Hall, Room 207
Princeton University
4 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ 08544

Tel: (609) 258-9969
Email: hji@princeton.edu

Typically on Tue. and Fri.

Hantao Ji



I am a Professor at Department of Astrophysical Sciences and a Distinguished Research Fellow at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) (try here and here also), Princeton University.

News: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at PPPL on June 12, 2025 to initiate the operations of the newly built Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE). Here are a news story by PPPL, a news story by Princeton University, and also news stories by WHYY, Interesting Engineering, U.S. 1, ROI-NJ, MSN, Mercer Times, Space Daily, NJBiz, and Sky Nightly. Earlier on April 14, 2025, we have successfully achieved the second "first plasmas", concluding 6 years of installation of the FLARE device at PPPL and its major upgrades for power and diagnostics, as well as all associated infrastructure.

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Course: AST552 (General Plasma Physics II: Magnetohydrodynamics) (Click here for a complete draft of lecture notes as of 10/11/2024)

Course: AST555 (Plasma Diagnostics) (Click here for class schedules etc.) (Click here for a complete draft of lecture notes as of 5/1/2025)

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