MPE - Paramagnetic Laboratory

The Para-Magnet Lab of the MPE allows to investigate the behaviour of para-magnetic particles inside the plasma. In the setup a plasma chamber is mounted below a stack of water-cooled magnet coils. At this location where the magnetic field is inhomogenious an additional force is acting on the microparticles inside the plasma.

The images below show details of the setup (left image) and the plasma chamber in operation (right image) where the particles are illuminated by a green laser and observed by a camera. This high speed camera is capable of recording up to 1000 frames per second. This allows a better analysis of the dynamical processes inside the complex plasma.

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Within a cooperation with the university of Liverpool the Para-Magnetic Lab moved from MPE the Liverpool in 2006.

More information: Contact Dr. D. Samsonov, University of Liverpool.