The Wisconsin Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory

C. B. Forest; K. Flanagan; M. Brookhart; M. Clark; C. M. Cooper; V. Desangles; J. Egedal; D. Endrizzi; I. V. Khalzov; H. Li; M. Miesch; J. Milhone; M. Nornberg; J. Olson; E. Peterson; F. Roesler; A. Schekochihin; O. Schmitz; R. Siller; Anatoly Spitkovsky; A. Stemo; J. Wallace; D. Weisberg; E. Zweibel

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The Wisconsin Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory

C. B. Forest, K. Flanagan, M. Brookhart, M. Clark, C. M. Cooper, V. Desangles, J. Egedal, D. Endrizzi, I. V. Khalzov, H. Li, M. Miesch, J. Milhone, M. Nornberg, J. Olson, E. Peterson, F. Roesler, A. Schekochihin, O. Schmitz, R. Siller, Anatoly SpitkovskyA. Stemo, J. Wallace, D. Weisberg, E. Zweibel

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The Wisconsin Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory (WiPAL) is a flexible user facility designed to study a range of astrophysically relevant plasma processes as well as novel geometries that mimic astrophysical systems. A multi-cusp magnetic bucket constructed from strong samarium cobalt permanent magnets now confines a 10 m3, fully ionized, magnetic-field-free plasma in a spherical geometry. Plasma parameters of T_e≈ 5 to 20 eV and n_e ≈ 1011 to 5 × 10¹² cm^-3 provide an ideal testbed for a range of astrophysical experiments, including self-exciting dynamos, collisionless magnetic reconnection, jet stability, stellar winds and more. This article describes the capabilities of WiPAL, along with several experiments, in both operating and planning stages, that illustrate the range of possibilities for future users.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	345810501
Journal	Journal of Plasma Physics
Volume	81
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377815000975
State	Published - Oct 1 2015

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Condensed Matter Physics

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Forest, C. B., Flanagan, K., Brookhart, M., Clark, M., Cooper, C. M., Desangles, V., Egedal, J., Endrizzi, D., Khalzov, I. V., Li, H., Miesch, M., Milhone, J., Nornberg, M., Olson, J., Peterson, E., Roesler, F., Schekochihin, A., Schmitz, O., Siller, R., ... Zweibel, E. (2015). The Wisconsin Plasma Astrophysics Laboratory. Journal of Plasma Physics, 81(5), Article 345810501. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377815000975

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