Experiment: Innsbruck Q-machine
Description: The University of Innsbruck hosts the only operational Q-machine in Europe, along with some other small experiments. The Innsbruck Q-machine is a linear magnetised plasma machine, in which an extremely quiescent alkaline plasma is produced by contact ionization on a hot metallic plate. A typical practicum includes operation of IQM and its vacuum system, basic measurements with probes and excitation and investigation of various instabilities.
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