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Charging magnet for the floating coil of LDX
- A. Zhukovsky, J. Schultz, +10 authors V. Sytnikov
- Materials Science
- 1 March 2001
The charging coil (C-coil) for the joint Columbia University/MIT Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) is under development jointly by MIT and the Efremov Institute. The NbTi superconducting C-coil… Expand
Multichannel microwave interferometer for the levitated dipole experiment.
- A. Boxer, D. Garnier, M. Mauel
- Physics, Medicine
- The Review of scientific instruments
- 6 April 2009
A four-channel microwave interferometer (center frequency: 60 GHz) has been constructed to measure plasma density profiles in the levitated dipole experiment (LDX). The LDX interferometer has a… Expand
Lithium pellet injection experiments on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak
- D. Garnier
- Chemistry
- 1996
A pellet enhanced performance mode, showing significantly reduced core transport, is regularly obtained after the injection of deeply penetrating lithium pellets into Alcator C-Mod discharges. These… Expand
Production and study of high-beta plasma confined by a superconducting dipole magneta)
- D. Garnier, A. Hansen, +7 authors A. Roach
- Physics
- 11 May 2006
The Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) [J. Kesner et al., in Fusion Energy 1998, 1165 (1999)] is a new research facility that is exploring the confinement and stability of plasma created within the… Expand
Magnetohydrodynamic stability in a levitated dipole
- D. Garnier, J. W. Kesner, M. Mauel
- Physics
- 19 August 1999
Plasma confined by a magnetic dipole is stabilized, at low beta, by magnetic compressibility. The ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) requirements for stability against interchange and high-n ballooning… Expand
Confinement improvement with magnetic levitation of a superconducting dipole
- D. Garnier, A. Boxer, J. Ellsworth, J. Kesner, M. Mauel
- Materials Science
- 28 April 2009
We report the first production of high beta plasma confined in a fully levitated laboratory dipole using neutral gas fuelling and electron cyclotron resonance heating. As compared with previous… Expand
Design, fabrication and test of the react and wind, Nb3Sn, LDX floating coil
- B. Smith, J. Schultz, +9 authors R. Kocher
- Materials Science
- 1 March 2001
The Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) is an innovative approach to explore the magnetic confinement of fusion plasma. A superconducting solenoid (floating coil) is magnetically levitated for up to 8… Expand
Production and Study of High-Beta Plasma Confined by a Superconducting Dipole Magnet
- D. Garnier
- 28 October 2005
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Overview of the SPARC tokamak
- A. Creely, M. Greenwald, +42 authors J. Zhu
- Physics
- 1 October 2020
The SPARC tokamak is a critical next step towards commercial fusion energy. SPARC is designed as a high-field ( T), compact ( m, m), superconducting, D-T tokamak with the goal of producing fusion… Expand
Status of the floating coil of the Levitated Dipole Experiment
- A. Zhukovsky, D. Garnier, +9 authors B. Smith
- Materials Science
- 7 August 2002
The Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) is a novel concept that examines plasma compressibility as a method for stable magnetic confinement of fusion grade plasmas. The experiment uses a 0.8 m diameter… Expand