Plasma Physics Laboratory (Saskatchewan)
{{short description|Physics laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan}}
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The Plasma Physics Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan was established in 1959 by H. M. Skarsgard. Early work centered on research with a Betatron.
Facilities
=STOR-1M=
STOR-1M is Canada's first tokamak built in 1983. In 1987 STOR-1M was the world’s first demonstration of alternating current in a tokamak.{{cite journal |last1=Mitarai |first1=O. |last2=Wolfe |first2=S.W. |last3=Hirose |first3=A. |last4=Skarsgard |first4=H.M. |title=Stable AC tokamak discharges in the STOR-1M device |journal=Nuclear Fusion |date=1987 |volume=27 |issue=4 |page=604 |doi=10.1088/0029-5515/27/4/007 |s2cid=120513125 |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0029-5515/27/4/007/pdf |access-date=27 April 2022|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1009-0630/9/1/21/meta |title=Study of the DEF Feedback Control System in AC Operation of Superconducting Tokamak |year=2007|doi=10.1088/1009-0630/9/1/21 |last1=Hua |first1=Wang |last2=Jiarong |first2=Luo |last3=Qiping |first3=Yuan |last4=Congdong |first4=Xu |journal=Plasma Science and Technology |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=106–109 |bibcode=2007PlST....9..106W |s2cid=250853550 |url-access=subscription }}
=STOR-M=
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STOR-M stands for Saskatchewan Torus-Modified. STOR-M is a tokamak located at the University of Saskatchewan. STOR-M is a small tokamak (major radius = 46 cm, minor radius = 12.5 cm) designed for studying plasma heating, anomalous transport and developing novel tokamak operation modes and advanced diagnostics. STOR-M is capable of a 30–40 millisecond plasma discharge with a toroidal magnetic field of between 0.5 and 1 tesla and a plasma current of between 20 and 50 kiloamperes. STOR-M has also demonstrated improved confinement induced by a turbulent heating pulse, electrode biasing and compact torus injection.
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External links
- {{Official website|https://research-groups.usask.ca/plasma-physics/}}
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