MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

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The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a research laboratory for the study of plasma physics and nuclear fusion. Originally the Plasma Fusion Center, it was founded in 1976.

The PSFC consists of five interrelated divisions:

  • Alcator C-Mod Project: Compact, high magnetic field tokamak
  • Fusion Technology and Engineering
  • Physics Research Division
  • Plasma Technology
  • Waves and Beams


Academics

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Research

Laboratories • Broad Institute • Center for Theoretical Physics • Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory • Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems • Lincoln Laboratory • McGovern Institute for Brain Research • Media Lab • Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • Plasma Science and Fusion Center • Research Laboratory of Electronics

Culture

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Buildings

Architecture of MIT • Chapel • Green Building • Infinite Corridor • Kresge Auditorium • MIT Museum • Stata Center • Wiesner building • Graduate Residences • Undergraduate Residences • Fraternities and Sororities


Fusion power
v • d • e
Atomic nucleus | Nuclear fusion | Nuclear power | Nuclear reactor | Timeline of nuclear fusion
Plasma physics | Magnetohydrodynamics | Neutron flux | Fusion energy gain factor | Lawson criterion
Methods of fusing nuclei

Magnetic confinement: - Tokamak - Spheromak - Stellarator - Reversed field pinch - Field-Reversed Configuration - Levitated Dipole
Inertial confinement: - Laser driven - Z-pinch - Bubble fusion (acoustic confinement) - Fusor (electrostatic confinement)
Other forms of fusion: - Muon-catalyzed fusion - Pyroelectric fusion - Migma
List of fusion experiments

Magnetic confinement devices
ITER (International) | JET (European) | JT-60 (Japan) | Large Helical Device (Japan) | KSTAR (Korea) | EAST (China) | T-15 (Russia) | DIII-D (USA) | Tore Supra (France) | ASDEX Upgrade (Germany) | TFTR (USA) | NSTX (USA) | NCSX (USA) | UCLA ET (USA) | Alcator C-Mod (USA) | LDX (USA) | H-1NF (Australia) | MAST (UK) | START (UK) | Wendelstein 7-X (Germany) | TCV (Switzerland) | DEMO (Commercial)

Inertial confinement devices
Laser driven: - NIF (USA) | OMEGA laser (USA) | Nova laser (USA) | Novette laser (USA) | Nike laser (USA) | Shiva laser (USA) | Argus laser (USA) | Cyclops laser (USA) | Janus laser (USA) | Long path laser (USA) | 4 pi laser (USA) | LMJ (France) | Luli2000 (France) | GEKKO XII (Japan) | ISKRA lasers (Russia) | Vulcan laser (UK) | Asterix IV laser (Czech Republic) | HiPER laser (European)
Non-laser driven: - Z machine (USA) | PACER (USA)

See also: International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility


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