Reversed-Field eXperiment

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The Reversed-Field eXperiment (RFX) is the largest reversed field pinch device presently in operation, situated in Padua, Italy. It was constructed from 1985 to 1991, and has been in operation since 1992.{{Cite web|url=https://www.igi.cnr.it/?q=content/history|title = Ricerca sulla fusione nucleare a Padova}}

The experiments carried out in the last two decades with two large RFP machines (MST in Madison, Wisconsin{{cite web|url=http://plasma.physics.wisc.edu/viewpage.php?id=mst|title=MST - UW Plasma Physics|first=Peter Den|last=Hartog|access-date=2020-08-13|archive-date=2019-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201537/http://plasma.physics.wisc.edu/viewpage.php?id=mst|url-status=dead}} and RFX in Padova{{cite web|url=https://www.igi.cnr.it/?q=content/experiment-introduction|title=The Experiment (introduction) - CONSORZIO RFX}}) provided new insight on the physical phenomena taking place in magnetically confined plasma dynamics.{{cite web|title=OVERVIEW OF THE RFX-mod FUSION SCIENCE PROGRAM|url=http://www-naweb.iaea.org/napc/physics/FEC/FEC2012/papers/451_OV52Rb.pdf |access-date=30 November 2016}}P. Martin et al. 2013 Nucl. Fusion 53 104018. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/53/10/104018 (September 2013, IAEA, Vienna)