ELECTRIC
TOKAMAK
The goal of the Electric Toakmak (ET), which is located in the
new Science and Technology Research Building (STRB) at UCLA, is
to construct and demonstrate a radically new approach to controlled
fusion. This experimental concept will be tested in the ET device.
If you are unfamiliar with the concept of controlled fusion, look
up in the sky on a sunny day, and you will see the nearest fusion
reactor to the earth! The goal of controlled fusion research is
to create a miniature star in the laboratory, and to try and harness
the energy that is released. Nuclear fusion occurs all the time
in the interior regions of stars.
LARGE
PLASMA DEVICE
Also located in STRB is The Large Plasma Device (LAPD). This device
is the only basic plasma physics machine capable of Alfvén
wave studies. Because of its unique properties, it is now a National
User Facility. Scientists from all over the world will come to
perform frontier level experiments with the UCLA team. The machine
was funded by the Office of Naval Research, the National Science
Foundation, and the Department of Energy, with support from the
University of California, Los Angeles.
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