Magnetic Fusion Energy Experiments

Page of the Plasma Physics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

wsx.lanl.gov

The Low Energy Neutral Atom (LENA) Imager on the IMAGE spacecraft

LENA, one of the IMAGE spacecraft's three neutral atom imagers, will image energetic neutral atom (ENA) emissions from the ring current, inner plasma sheet, and polar ionospheric outflows.

goewin.gsfc.nasa.gov

Maryland Centrifugal eXperiment (MCX)

An experiment at the University of Maryland, College Park, US to test the idea of Centrifugal Confinement of Plasmas for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion.

www.ireap.umd.edu

Staged Z Pinch

Description of experiments and a compact device projected to achieve break-even fusion using a pulsed electrical generator that drives current through an annular-plasma shell. Site includes schematics, technical specifications, and links to related publications.

fusion.ps.uci.edu

Basic Plasma Science Facility (BPSF)

At UCLA, BPSF is a place to perform frontier-level experiments that require physical conditions not suitable for small devices. The facility provides an environment in which teams with complementary expertise (e.g., Laser Induced Fluorescence or High Power RF) can come together to attack problems that they would not pursue individually. The operational procedures foster the exchange of technical information across diverse areas of research (e.g., fusion studies, space investigations, laser-plasma interactions, plasma applications) in which the basic properties of plasmas play an essential role.

128.97.43.7

MAGPIE Experiment

Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments in the Plasma Physics Group at Imperial College, London. In June 1997, MAGPIE started experiments using wire array Z-pinches.

www.pp.ph.ic.ac.uk

TRAP

An experiment at the University of Washington to study the use of accelerated FRCs for deep refueling of tokamaks.

www.aa.washington.edu

National Ignition Facility (NIF) Laser

The latest in a series of high-power laser facilities used for research in inertial confinement fusion.

www.llnl.gov

Dusty Plasma Experiments

Wave experiments and corresponding MPEG movies taken directly from the video cameras. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa.

dusty.physics.uiowa.edu

Toroidal Plasma Experiments

Plasma formation and heating using radio-frequency waves, confinement and transport studies, magnetic structure studies, turbulent transport and fluctuations. Plasma Research Lab, Australian National University.

prl.anu.edu.au