Graduate students install diagnostic on NSTX-U
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 09:55
in Astronomy & Space
A system of antennas similar to those that astrophysicists use to study radio emissions from stars and galaxies will help shed light on fusion experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Called Synthetic Aperture Microwave Imaging (SAMI), the system aims to provide highly precise time and spatial resolution measurements of the density of current at the edge of fusion plasmas in the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U)—the Laboratory's newly upgraded flagship facility that is set to embark on compelling new research programs.