Ahmed Elshafiey working on the XP machine
Ahmed is in the process of loading the XP machine with the Hybrid X-pinch electrodes. The current work is focused on time resolved source size measurement under high magnification using a fast sweep streak camera.
E. Sander Lavine working on Thompson Scattering
Sander is working to fully characterize the imploding plasma sheath in triple nozzle gas-puff z-pinches using Thompson scattering, Zeeman polarization spectroscopy, laser shearing interferometry, and Bdot probe array measurements. Such measurements will be extremely...
Euan Freeman attends PPPL Graduate Summer School virtually
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Graduate Summer School They welcomed students from a broad range of fields: magnetic fusion energy sciences, high energy density plasmas, astrophysics, low temperature plasmas, materials science, etc. Euan attended 4 lectures each...
Chiatai Chen shares photo of XUV Emission
XUV emission of an exploding 25 μm diameter copper wire connected in series to two magnetic field coils on the two ends driven by a COBRA current pulse. This shot is a part of a study on the dynamics of the wire plasma in a magnetic mirror configuration
ECE Fusion Researcher Sophia Rocco Educates Members of Congress
Fusion Day on the Hill is science advocacy event aimed at educating Members of Congress about the state of fusion research throughout the country. Last month, Cornell partnered with the University of Rochester and New York University to visit the New York delegation....
ZNetUS Workshop
David Hammer and E. Sander Lavine attend first ZNet Workshop Topics: Pulsed power technology Magneto inertial fusion Astrophysical plasmas and planetary science Mid scale User Facility MHD and hybrid codes development Magnetized high-energy density plasmas Student...
Congratulations Dr. Jacob Banasek
Jacob earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from Wright State University in 2013. After graduation, he attend Cornell University and joined the Laboratory of Plasma Studies, where he spent most of his time developing various plasma diagnostics. ...
Graduate Students spend 2 days at the Laboratory of Laser Energetics at UofR
LPS graduate students Jacob Banasek and Sophia Rocco attended a two-day International Workshop on Optical Thomson Scattering hosted by the University of Rochester at the Laboratory of Laser Energetics (LLE). Participants shared recent advancements in diagnostic...
Undergraduate Paul Beck works in the LPS lab for the Summer of 2019
Over the Summer Paul worked with Dr. Sander Lavine and Professor Bruce Kusse to design a capacitor bank. The capacitor bank will deliver strong axial magnetic fields via a Helmholtz coil during the plasma Z pinch. This effect can be used in multifarious experiments to...
Undergraduate Paco Rilloraza spends Summer 2019 in the LPS lab
Worked with Professor David Hammer and Dr. Billy Potter designing a two-color interferometer as a future upgrade to the interferometry diagnostic currently in COBRA.