Plasma Physics:
Presently, research in our Plasma Laboratory focuses on an
investigation of the behavior of filamentary currents as they
propagate through a uniform and quiescent background plasma.
The plasma is generated in a 1.4 m long device that is
surrounded by 14 magnets capable of producing a magnetic field
of up to 3 kiloGauss. The plasma source is a
barium oxide coated cathode designed here at Dickinson.