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Present PSI-Center Collaborating Experiments:

• Bellan Plasma Group
  

  
  • Laboratory simulation of solar prominences
  • PI: Paul M. Bellan

• Compact Torodial Hybrid (CTH)
  

  
  • 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.
  • PI: Stephen Knowlton

• Field-Reversed Experiment: FRX-L
  

  
  • High density FRC formation and translation for Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF)
  • PI: Thomas P. Intrator

• Helicity Injected Torus - Steady Inductive: HIT-SI
  

  
  • High-beta spheromak sustained by Steady Inductive Helicity Injection (SIHI)
  • PI: Thomas R. Jarboe

• Leviatated Dipole Experiment: LDX
  

  
  • Exploration of the physics of plasma confinement in a magnetic dipole field
  • PIs: Michael Mauel and Jay Kesner

• Pulsed High Density Experiment: PHD
  

  
  • Fast FRC formation, translation, and passive compression
  • PI: John Slough

• Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment: SSPX
  

  
  • High-temperature spheromak formation and sustainment by coaxial helicity injection
  • PI: Harry McLean

• Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment: SSX
  

  
  • Spheromak/FRC formation, merging, and reconnection studies
  • PI: Michael Brown

• Translation, Confinement, and Sustainment Experiment: TCSU
  

  
  • FRC formation and sustainment by rotating magnetic fields
  • PI: Alan Hoffman

• The ZaP Flow Z-Pinch

  
  • Sheared-flow stabilization studies on a Z-pinch
  • PI(s): Uri Shumlak and Brian A. Nelson

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