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Fundamental Plasma Studies with Applications to Space and Fusion Physics
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Fundamental Plasma Studies with Applications to Space and Fusion Physics

A special issue of Plasma (ISSN 2571-6182).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2019) | Viewed by 4540

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Michael Brown

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
Interests: plasma physics; magnetic confinement fusion; magnetic reconnection; turbulence; self organization in space and laboratory plasmas
Dr. David A. Gates

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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA
Interests: plasma shape control; collisional energy transport; Ion power balance; high frequency alfvén waves; fast ion energy transfer; neoclassical tearing modes; fields errors; stellarator optimization
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Dear Colleagues,

Plasma physics experiments in space and fusion settings are often difficult and costly, but fundamental studies in smaller facilities or in simulations can shed light on these complicated processes.  In this issue, we will highlight plasma physics studies (both experimental and numerical) that inform or explain phenomena in otherwise harsh or remote environments.  These could include Laboratory Astrophysics studies focused on a particular fundamental plasma physics process, or small-scale fusion-relevant experiments illuminating new physics.

For this Special Issue of Plasma, researchers active in all aspects of the field Space and Fusion Physics are invited to submit their latest results. Papers covering fundamental studies, as well as papers discussing applications, are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Michael Brown
Dr. David A Gates
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Plasma
  • Laboratory astrophysics
  • Space physics
  • Fusion

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Temperature and Lifetime Measurements in the SSX Wind Tunnel
by Manjit Kaur, Kaitlin D Gelber, Adam D. Light and Michael R. Brown
Plasma 2018, 1(2), 229-241; https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1020020 - 08 Oct 2018
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We describe ion and electron temperature measurements in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX) MHD wind tunnel with the goal of understanding limitations on the lifetime of our Taylor-state plasma. A simple model based on the equilibrium eigenvalue and Spitzer resistivity predicted the lifetime [...] Read more.
We describe ion and electron temperature measurements in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX) MHD wind tunnel with the goal of understanding limitations on the lifetime of our Taylor-state plasma. A simple model based on the equilibrium eigenvalue and Spitzer resistivity predicted the lifetime satisfactorily during the first phase of the plasma evolution. We measured an average T e along a chord by taking the ratio of the C I I I 97.7 nm to C I V 155 nm line intensities using a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) monochromator. We also recorded local measurements of T e and n e using a double Langmuir probe in order to inform our interpretation of the VUV data. Our results indicated that the plasma decayed inductively during a large part of the evolution. Ion Doppler spectroscopy measurements suggested that ions cooled more slowly than would be expected from thermal equilibration with the electrons, which maintained a constant temperature throughout the lifetime of the plasma. Full article
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