The Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) was an experiment investigating the generation of fusion power using the concept of a levitated dipole. The device was the first of its kind to test the …

2012年8月1日 · LDX is a novel experimental device designed to explore the physics of plasma confinement in a magnetic dipole field. What makes it unique? Besides levitating a 1/2 ton …

This led to the development of two experiments: the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) at MIT and the Collisionless Terrella Experiment (CTX) at Columbia. [4] In October 2024, OpenStar …

The CTX and LDX devices operate over a wide range of plasma parameters, allow detailed observations spanning global to small spatial scales, and show dynamics relevant to space …

2007年1月24日 · Plasmas in the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) are formed and sustained currently via two electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) sources: 2.5 kW at 2.45 GHz …

2004年8月16日 · In contrast with CTX, LDX will have no losses from a mechanical ring support structure nor plasma loss from pitch angle scattering. We expect particles to be very well …

LDX is a newly completed research facility with on-going experiments aimed to test whether fusion can benefit from nature’s way to confine high-temperature plasma. The goal of the …

One goal of the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) is to investigate the relative energy and particle time scales and also to explore active means to induce rapid particle circulation that do …

Laboratory Magnetospheric Plasma Studies in LDX and CTX1 magnetized plasma dynamics and shown the influ-ence of magnetic geometry on turbulent transport and high-beta stability. The …

2006年9月11日 · MIT and Columbia to begin project to test models of space weather using two state-of-the-art laboratory experiments, LDX at MIT and and CTX at Columbia. December 31, …