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Updated MDPX technical note has been created. Access it via this LINK.

Link to a list of primarily collaborative projects that use the facilities of the Magnetized Plasma Research Laboratory. Includes links to relevant publications.

Projects can be viewed in a view-only Google Sheet: HERE.

Notification of an FOA on Frontier Plasma Science Expected in FY2022

Contingent on appropriations, DOE Office of Science Fusion Energy Sciences is expecting to issue a targeted FOA (No separate Lab Announcement will be issued. Approved and interested US DOE lab researchers will also respond to this FOA). This FOA is focused on supporting frontier plasma science experiments on one or more of the currently FES General Plasma Science (GPS) program supported collaborative research facilities or initiatives. These include Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL/BRB/MST) at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF/LAPD) at UCLA, DIII-D Frontier Science Initiative at General Atomics), Magnetized Plasma Research Laboratory (MPRL/MDPX) at Auburn University, low-temperature Plasma Research Facility (PRF) at Sandia National Laboratories and Princeton Collaborative Research Facility (PCRF) at Princeton Plasma Physics laboratory. All US researchers from universities and DOE labs whose proposals were selected or have been selected for runtime in any of these facilities and have a genuine need for travel funds and/or additional (seed) funding may apply to this FOA.

The MPRL is pleased to announce that we are ready to accept new collaborative user proposals for the 2021 – 2022 academic year. Please visit the External User link on these webpages for more information on how to prepare a white paper.

If you have questions, please contact Prof. Edward Thomas, Jr. or Dr. Saikat Chakorbarty Thakur

The laboratory is back in operation and is welcoming new and continuing users. We have updated our application page and are ready to accept new applications for run-time during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Please check the calendar page for the newly update operations schedule. We anticipate magnetic field operations to begin on or about July 7, 2021.

Calendar link

Due to the combination of Covid-19 restrictions and construction in the Leach Science Center, the MDPX device was shut down from Dec., 2020 to Jun., 2021.

We are pleased to announce that starting in early June, 2021 – we’ll begin the restart process. We hope to begin operations again by early July, 2021. Watch this space for new announcements!

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MPRL images of of completed HVAC renovation in the Leach Science Center (May, 2021)

October 19, 2019 – DOE Office of Science Fusion Energy Sciences is anticipating to issue a targeted FOA and Lab Announcement in early 2020, subject to FY 2020 budget appropriation by Congress, to support frontier science experiments on one or more of the currently FES General Plasma Science (GPS) program supported collaborative research facilities or initiatives. These include Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF/LAPD) at UCLA, DIII-D Frontier Science Initiative at General Atomics, Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL/BRB/MST) at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment at Auburn University, low-temperature Plasma Research Facility (PRF) at Sandia National Laboratories and Princeton Collaborative Research Facility (PCRF) at Princeton Plasma Physics laboratory. U.S. researchers whose experimental proposals were selected or have been selected for experimental runtime in any of these facilities are eligible to apply. For more information, please contact DOE Program Manager Nirmol Podder (nirmol.Podder@science.doe.gov).

The MPRL group will be making contributed and invited presentations at the upcoming American Physical Society – Division of Plasma Physics meeting. Check them out:

	Wednesday morning
B. Doyle	NP10.00079 Impedance Probe Measurements in Dusty Plasma
E. Aguirre	NP10.00080 Ion Flows and Ion Temperature in Magnetized Dusty Plasmas
E. Thomas	NP10.00081 Current research on the Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX) device
S. LeBlanc	NP10.00082 Dust void formation within magnetized dusty plasmas
M. McKinlay	NP10.00084 Investigations into the control of dust charge in complex plasmas
D. Funk	NP10.00088 Charge Analysis techniques for Magnetized Dusty Plasma Flows
L. Scott	NP10.00091 Investigating the Thermal Properties of a Complex Plasma
S. Jaiswal	NP10.00098 Modification of particle growth in a highly magnetized argon-acetylene plasma.
N. I. Arnold	NP10.00115 Optical emission diagnostics and modeling of H2-rich microwave plasmas containing B2-H6
	Wednesday afternoon
T. Hall	QI3.00002 Microparticle Dynamics in the Presence of Externally Imposed, Ordered Structures in a Magnetized Low-Temperature Plasma
S. Williams	PP10.00042 Filamentation in Capacitively Coupled Magnetized Plasmas
	Thursday afternoon
M. Menati	UO4.00013 Pattern formation and filamentation in low-pressure, low-temperature magnetized plasmas: A descriptive model

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