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Why Not to Use Aluminum in Your Langmuir Probes

October 8, 2017 Leave a Comment

I have made a fair number of Langmuir probes during the time I have been running experiments for my thesis. Some of the plasma facing material is aluminum, which I used because it was easy enough to machine that I could do it myself. The benefit of being able to do this myself is that […]

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Diary of a Graduate Thesis Experiment

January 12, 2017 2 Comments

The lengthy diary that follows was originally written in 2007. Diary of a Graduate Thesis Experiment The laboratory in which I am performing my thesis work (LAPD at UCLA) is used by researchers from all over the world. Groups that are using the device for a research project receive an allotted time in which to […]

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Ph.D. Thesis Project: Thermal Waves and Turbulent Structures in Magnetized Plasmas

November 3, 2015 2 Comments

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I completed my Ph.D. thesis in 2009. Copies of it are available in both PDF and HTML format. The PDF is the source for the printed copies that were turned in to the UCLA Library as part of the requirements for completion. The web version omits the front matter but does present every chapter and […]

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