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The
Basic Plasma Science Facility performs frontier-level research of
the plasma state of matter. Usage of the facility is available to
qualified scientists from national and international institutions,
and industry. Research on the fundamental properties of plasmas
aids our understanding of applications ranging from fusion energy
to space science. The Basic Plasma Science Facility commenced in
August of 2001. It is a user facility operated at the University
of California, Los Angeles. The core of the facility is a modern,
large plasma device (the LAPD) constructed by Walter Gekelman (the
facility director) and his staff of reserch scientists and technicians.
The first plasma was achieved in July, 2001 and the machine is now
in operation.
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