Madison Symmetric Torus

MST
Madison Symmetric Torus
Device typeReversed field pinch
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, US
AffiliationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Links
WebsiteMST official website

The Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) is a reversed field pinch (RFP) physics experiment with applications to both fusion energy research and astrophysical plasmas.

MST is operated by the Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory and is located inside Thomas C. Chamberlin Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

RFPs are significantly different from tokamaks (the most popular magnetic confinement scheme) in that they tend to have a higher power density and better confinement characteristics for a given average magnetic field. RFPs also tend to be dominated by non-ideal phenomena and turbulent effects.

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