Overview of FLARE Commissioning and Diagnostic Systems

POSTER

Abstract

The newly commissioned DOE collaborative research facility FLARE (Facility of LAboratory Reconnection Experiments) is designed to primarily investigate multiple X-line reconnection regimes relevant to space and astrophysical plasmas. The first FLARE plasmas have been achieved in April 2025. In this poster, we will present the main facility subsystems, e.g., capacitor banks, experimental coils, vacuum, control and data acquisition systems. The commissioning results will be highlighted to demonstrate the device capabilities of FLARE. The design of key diagnostics including magnetic probe arrays, interferometer, ion tomography spectroscopy and Langmuir probes will also be described along with preliminary results obtained during initial operations.

*The collaborative research facility FLARE was developed through funding from DOE under contract # DE-AC02-09CH11466 and Princeton University. The initial FLARE instrument construction was funded by the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrument grant PHY-1337831 and Princeton University, as well as contributions from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Maryland.

Presenters

  • Peiyun Shi

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Authors

  • Peiyun Shi

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Sofia Avrutsky

    • University of Michigan

  • Sayak Bose

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton University

  • Euichan Jung

    • Princeton University

  • Kush Maheshwari

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton University

  • Yang Ren

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Adam T Robbins

    • Princeton University
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Masaaki Yamada

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory