1991
DOI: 10.1063/1.1142175
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Design, construction, and properties of the large plasma research device−The LAPD at UCLA

Abstract: The large plasma research device (LAPD), a large, linear plasma research device designed to study space plasma processes, has been constructed at UCLA over the past four years. The LAPD has a 0.5×0.5 m2 oxide-coated cathode as a source which produces a 10-m-long plasma column with densities up to the mid 1012/cm3 range. The linear machine is surrounded by a set of 68 magnet coils which can generate an axial magnetic field of up to 3000 G. The vacuum chamber has 128 radial ports to ensure excellent access for p… Show more

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“…Nevertheless, one indication that the nonlinear flute-driven instability is important in reproducing experimentally consistent turbulence is that the turbulence of the simulation with the n ¼ 0 components removed becomes overly coherent. 30 This can be seen in the frequency spectrum, which is shown in Fig. 10 compared with the experimental spectra and the spectra of the standard nonlinear-instability-dominated simulation.…”
Section: Linear Versus Nonlinear Instability Drivementioning
confidence: 86%
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“…Nevertheless, one indication that the nonlinear flute-driven instability is important in reproducing experimentally consistent turbulence is that the turbulence of the simulation with the n ¼ 0 components removed becomes overly coherent. 30 This can be seen in the frequency spectrum, which is shown in Fig. 10 compared with the experimental spectra and the spectra of the standard nonlinear-instability-dominated simulation.…”
Section: Linear Versus Nonlinear Instability Drivementioning
confidence: 86%
“…In this study, a simulation of a two-fluid Braginskii model of turbulence in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) 30 is subjected to such an energy dynamics analysis. This reveals that a nonlinear instability drives and maintains the turbulence in the steady state saturated phase of the simulation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alfv•n wave data presented here were obtained in the LArge Plasma Device (LAPD) [Gekelman et al, 1991] at UCLA. The L^PD is a 10m long, lm diameter cylinder with a pulsed plasma source.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The experiments described here are performed at the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA (Gekelman et al 1991). The LAPD creates highly magnetized plasmas of unsurpassed dimensions (60 cm diameter, 17 m length).…”
Section: Experimental Arrangement and Diagnosticsmentioning
confidence: 99%