Last Revised
1/10/07
by Hantao Ji
The Magnetorotational Instability
(MRI) Experiment
is a
small laboratory experiment located at the Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory (PPPL), in collaboration with Department of Astrophysical
Sciences, Princeton University.
This project is also affiliated with Center
for Magnetic Self-Organization in
Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas (CMSO). The goal of MRI
Experiment is to investigate physics of MRI in liquid
gallium. Click to learn more about the
physics of MRI and to find out our publications
and results.
The experimental apparatus has been constructed, and here is a movie: "First spin" movie (11/10/04). Subsequently, high-speed water experiments have been carried out, and here is a movie: water experiment using Laser Doppler Velocimetry (10/20/05).
Our hydrodynamic results have been published in "Nature": "Hydrodynamic turbulence cannot transport angular momentum effectively in astrophysical disks", Nature 444, 343 (2006). (see paper from Nature website or preprint from Arxiv.org, introduction by S. Balbus, news story at "physorg.com" or "life, and the universe").Currently, we are at the final stage transiting to liquid gallium experiment.
The MRI Experiment is jointly supported by DoE, NSF and NASA.
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