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Progress of Magnetic Reconnection experiment in L inear M agnetized P lasma D evice. Xie , JinLin & LMPD group CAS KEY LABORATORY OF BASIC PLASMA PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA Suzhou, September 24, 2007. Outline. Introduction What & Why & How LMPD in USTC
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Progress of Magnetic Reconnection experiment in Linear Magnetized Plasma Device Xie, JinLin & LMPD group CAS KEY LABORATORY OF BASIC PLASMA PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA Suzhou, September 24, 2007
Outline • Introduction • What & Why & How • LMPD in USTC • What we have done by now • Background plasma • Topology of the magnetic field for MR • Diagnostics / Data Acquisition System / … • Preliminary result • Future plan
Introduction: Linear Magnetized Plasma Device in USTC Experimental chamber LIF quad-probe emissive probe langmuir probe Bmax: 1000Guass Te:1~10ev Ti:0.03~0.5ev Denisty:108~1013cm-3 DC, RF & Helicon discharge source;
Plasma source: Helicon discharge 13.56MHz,2KW Match network Nagoya antenna Plasma Density RF Power Radius
Current time Magnetic field for reconnection Simulation result via OPERA
Diagnostics for MR • Characteristic for MR experiment in lab plasma • High spatial resolution: small size Vs large enough S/N • Wide signal bandwidth: Low freq. ~ MHz or microwave • High Spatio-temporal resolution • What we have now: • 3D B dot probe B0 , B1 Current sheet, E… • Retarding grid energy analyzer EVDF & IVDF & flux • Electrostatic probes: Langmuir probe, emissive probe, Mach probe… Ne, Te, Vf, Vp, Iion, Ie, Ion flux… • Laser induced fluorescence(LIF) IVDF & ion flux • Microwave antenna and related instrument EM radiation • DAQ system: 12 channels x 5M; 128 x 2M; 2 x 60M
Vacuum chamber precision platform for 2D scanning probe
Ion Saturation Current Electron Temperature
Reconstruction of the magnetic field linein order to verify MR process
Research plan • Verification of MR process in LMPD • Heating and acceleration of electron & ion • Electrostatic & electromagnetic turbulence • ……….