The upgraded Large Plasma Device, a machine for studying frontier basic plasma physics

W. Gekelman; P. Pribyl; Z. Lucky; M. Drandell; D. Leneman; J. Maggs; S. Vincena; B. Van Compernolle; S. K.P. Tripathi; G. Morales; T. A. Carter; Y. Wang; T. DeHaas

doi:10.1063/1.4941079

The upgraded Large Plasma Device, a machine for studying frontier basic plasma physics

W. Gekelman
, P. Pribyl
, Z. Lucky
, M. Drandell
, D. Leneman
, J. Maggs
, S. Vincena
, B. Van Compernolle
, S. K.P. Tripathi
, G. Morales
, T. A. Carter
, Y. Wang
, T. DeHaas

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Abstract

In 1991 a manuscript describing an instrument for studying magnetized plasmas was published in this journal. The Large Plasma Device (LAPD) was upgraded in 2001 and has become a national user facility for the study of basic plasma physics. The upgrade as well as diagnostics introduced since then has significantly changed the capabilities of the device. All references to the machine still quote the original RSI paper, which at this time is not appropriate. In this work, the properties of the updated LAPD are presented. The strategy of the machine construction, the available diagnostics, the parameters available for experiments, as well as illustrations of several experiments are presented here.

Original language	English
Article number	025105
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	87
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4941079
State	Published - Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes

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This work was supported by research grants from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation for support of the Basic Plasma Science Facility. The authors would like to thank Dr. Chuck Roberson for support as well as the Office of Naval Research to supplement the construction funds provided by the MRI award. We would also like to thank Prof. R. Peccei, who was Vice Chancellor of Research at UCLA when the machine was constructed, for securing University matching funds and support. We also wish to thank Mr. E. Deitl for his expert vacuum welding during machine construction.

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