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<center><em>VisIt generated field lines for an axisymmetric NIMROD simulation </center>
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Present PSI-Center Collaborating Experiments:
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<a href="http://ve4xm.caltech.edu/Bellan_plasma_page/">
Bellan Plasma Group</a><br>
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Laboratory simulation of solar prominences
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PI: Paul M. Bellan
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<a href="http://fusion.auburn.edu/">Compact Torodial Hybrid (CTH)</a><br>
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CTH is a highly flexible, low-aspect ratio stellarator in which a substantial fraction of the rotational transform will be provided by ohmic plasma current.
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PI: <a href="http://fusion.auburn.edu/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=4&Itemid=45">Stephen Knowlton</a>
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<a href="http://wsx.lanl.gov/mtf.html">Field-Reversed Experiment: FRX-L</a><br>
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High density FRC formation and translation for
Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF)
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PI: Thomas P. Intrator
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<a href="http://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/HIT/hit.html">
Helicity Injected Torus - Steady Inductive: HIT-SI</a><br>
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High-beta spheromak sustained by Steady Inductive
Helicity Injection (SIHI)
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PI: Thomas R. Jarboe
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Leviatated Dipole Experiment: LDX</a><br>
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Exploration of the physics of plasma confinement in a magnetic dipole field
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PIs: Michael Mauel and Jay Kesner
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Self-organized rotating states
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PI: Roger Bengston
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Pulsed High Density Experiment: PHD<br>
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Fast FRC formation, translation, and passive compression
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PI: John Slough
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Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment: SSPX<br>
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High-temperature spheromak formation and sustainment by coaxial
helicity injection
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PI: Harry McLean
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<a href="http://physics.swarthmore.edu/html/faculty/SSX/">
Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment: SSX</a><br>
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Spheromak/FRC formation, merging, and reconnection studies
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PI: Michael Brown
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<a href="http://depts.washington.edu/rppl/programs/tcs.html">
Translation, Confinement, and Sustainment Experiment: TCSU</a><br>
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FRC formation and sustainment by rotating magnetic fields
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PI: Alan Hoffman
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<a href="http://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/ZaP/index.html">
The ZaP Flow Z-Pinch</a>
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Sheared-flow stabilization studies on a Z-pinch
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PI(s): Uri Shumlak and Brian A. Nelson
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