Somewhere in the midst of the Westwood underground lies a 19 meter-long machine. The LArge Plasma Device, as it is officially called, produces plasma in artificial form and takes high-speed photos of the material, which is so volatile that it splits apart in a millionth of a second. Plasma is the most common state of matter in the universe, found in stars and the space between them. Read more...
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Walter Gekelman, director of the Basic Plasma Science Facility, shows students the LArge Plasma Device, a machine used to help physicists understand plasma.
