Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX)
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<h1>The Magnetic Reconnection Experiment</h1>
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<tr align=center><td>The Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) is a
small laboratory experiment located at the <a
href="http://www.pppl.gov/">Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory</a>
(PPPL). The goal of MRX is to investigate the fundamental physics of
magnetic field line reconnection, an important process in solar
flares, solar-terrestrial interactions, and tokamak fusion
plasmas.</tr></table>
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<img src="pictures/tcollage.jpg" width=512 alt="MRX"><br>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/reconnection.html">Reconnection</a>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/research.html">Research</a>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/hardware/hardware.html">Hardware</a>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/diagnostics/diagnostics.html">Diagnostics</a>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/hardware/hardware.html">Hardware</a>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/personnel.html">Personnel</a>
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<font size=+2><b>MRX Experimental Results</b></font><br>
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<li><a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/results/shape.html">Double-Y and O
shaped diffusion regions are observed</a><br>
<blink>MOVIES</blink>
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/results/Null.mpg">Null-helicity
merging</a> (963k mpeg),
<a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/results/Co.mpg">Co-helicity merging</a>
(963k mpeg)
<li><a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/results/dependence.html">Reconnection
rate is a function of merging field angle</a><br>
<li><a href="http://w3.pppl.gov/~mrx/results/scaling.html">Current sheet
thickness scales with both ion gyroradius and ion skin depth</a><br>
<li><a href="results/anomalous.html">Enhancement of resistivity (over Spitzer value)
in collisionless regime is measured</a><br>
<li>A modified Sweet-Parker model including compressibility and downstream
pressure<br>
<li>Local and global measurements of electron and ion temperature
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<font size=+1><a href="glossary.html">Glossary</a></font>
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<font size=+1><a href="propslides.html">MRX Slides</a></font>
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<address><a href="credits.html">Credits</a> [last revised 2/15/98]</address>
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