Plasma Physics
Llampüdken Pulsed Power Laboratory
Plasma Physics
Llampüdken Pulsed Power Laboratory
Llampüdkeñ
This image shows the Llampüdkeñ (“butterfly” in Mapudungun) generator. Llampüdkeñ is a pulsed power generator capable of producing a pulsed current of ~500kA in a very short time, in the order of 200ns. Currents of this magnitude convert matter into a high energy density state or plasma.
The plasmas produced are confined in a vacuum chamber which has multiple access points to diagnose and study the plasma. The main areas of research are nuclear fusion, where we want to create material states similar to those of the Sun, and Lab Astro, where we want to replicate processes occurring in space but on a laboratory scale.
The implementation and development of diagnostics
The implementation and development of diagnostics is fundamental for studying plasmas. The image shows the optical system being aligned to implement the Thomson scattering technique.
Llampüdkeñ
This image shows the Llampüdkeñ (“butterfly” in Mapudungun) generator. Llampüdkeñ is a pulsed power generator capable of producing a pulsed current of ~500kA in a very short time, in the order of 200ns. Currents of this magnitude convert matter into a high energy density state or plasma.
The plasmas produced are confined in a vacuum chamber which has multiple access points to diagnose and study the plasma. The main areas of research are nuclear fusion, where we want to create material states similar to those of the Sun, and Lab Astro, where we want to replicate processes occurring in space but on a laboratory scale.
The implementation and development of diagnostics
The implementation and development of diagnostics is fundamental for studying plasmas. The image shows the optical system being aligned to implement the Thomson scattering technique.
Welcome to the Llampudken Pulsed Power Laboratory. In this laboratory we carry out experimental research in Plasma Physics.
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