USA - WVU

PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6315

Telephone: +1 304 293 3421, ext. 1456 or 1437
Telefax: +1 304 293 5732
E-mail: mkoepke@wvu.edu
            escime@wvu.edu
URL:   http://www.as.wvu.edu/phys/

Faculty:

Koepke, Mark E.

Scime, Earl E.

Research activities:
Experiments on plasma microinstabilities are carried out in a Q machine and in a large space-simulation chamber. The focus of this research is the linear and non-linear behaviour of plasma waves and instabilities. Ongoing experiments concentrate on the role of inhomogeneities and anisotropies in plasma stability. The plasma for the space chamber is generated with a steady-state helicon plasma source that is also used for investigaions of helicon source physics and plasma chemistry control.