Experimental Devices Experimental Devices Experiments on collisionless plasma microinstabilities are carried out in a Q machine and in a large space-simulation chamber. The focus of this research is the linear and nonlinear behavior of plasma waves and instabilities.
Ongoing experiments concentrate on the role of inhomogeneities and anisotropies in plasma stability.
The plasma for the space chamber is generated with a steady-state helicon plasma source that is also used for investigations of helicon source physics and plasma chemistry control.