Infrastructure Improvements for General Plasma Science UserCX(s) Applied: B3.6Date: 02/08/2010Location(s): New JerseyOffice(s): Princeton Site Office, Science
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February 8, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 02/08/2010
Location(s): New Jersey
Office(s): Princeton Site Office, Science
The proposed action would consist of the following General Plasma Science infrastructure improvement projects: (1) An upgrade of the existing laboratory free-surface liquid-metal flow experiment to study thermal convection under the influence of an applied magnet field; (2) Expansion of diagnostic capabilities for K[alpha]-line radiation of medium-Z ions utilizing the horizontal x-ray spectrometer on the existing National Spherical Torus Experiment; and (3) Fabrication of a laser induced fluorescence apparatus based on a tunable diode to improve diagnostic hardware used in studies of electron kinetics in partially magnetized low temperature plasmas.