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Category: Laboratory Astrophysics

Is the Lockheed Martin Fusion Reactor Actually New?

October 16, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

There’s been a lot of buzz about a press release from Lockheed Martin about a fusion concept they’ve been working on.…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: cfr, fusion reactor, lockheed martin, plasma

What’s in a pencil lead? (Part II)

August 20, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

My previous post achieved unprecedented popularity, probably due to a quirk of the Facebook newsfeed deciding it was high priority that…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: experimental physics, my work, no plasma :(, pencil leads, plasma

What’s in a pencil lead?

August 13, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

Pencil refills waiting to be obliterated in a fiery maelstrom. “Dear Pilot Pen Company Ltd please tell me what you put in…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: does pilot have a presence on tumblr I wonder, letter writing skills, long shot, pilot, pilot pen

The Natural Focusing of Light

July 29, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

The title of this blog post is an homage to a well written and excellent book on the subject by…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: ...with LASERS!, caustics, my work, plasma, shadowgraphy

Flash photography…with LASERS

July 26, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

Hidden Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Own Work. The plasmas we make on MAGPIE don’t hang around for long –…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: ...with LASERS!, caustics, lasers, magpie, my work, photography, plasma, sneaky fish

I Need a Plasma

July 21, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

And it’s gotta be dense, and it’s gotta to be hot, and it’s gotta glow with x-ray light.* My month…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: flanders and swann, my work, ohmic heating, plasma, shadowgraphy

It’s Conference Time

May 9, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

There hasn’t been much science done on MAGPIE since the end of February. After the upgrade to our lighting, we…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: conference, gogopowerpoint, hedla, icops, magpie, notoily

Oil, gas, water and air in MAGPIE

April 16, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

I’ve spent the last week and a bit helping to fix one of the four capacitor banks in MAGPIE. It’s…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: experimental physics, magpie, my work, oily

The Fundamental Parameter Space of Controlled Nuclear Fusion

March 19, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

What a long post. There is a bit about dragons at the end! This is the rather grandiose title that…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: dragons, iter, maglif, nif, nuclear fusion

MAGPIE Maintenance

March 10, 2014 Jack Hare Leave a comment

MAGPIE is currently undergoing maintenance as the college install new lighting to replace the ageing fluorescent tubes we currently have.…

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Posted in: Laboratory Astrophysics Filed under: experimental physics, magpie, my work, oily

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