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dc.contributor.advisorDarren Garnier and Ronald Parker.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoach, Austin Hayesen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-05-15T20:38:47Z
dc.date.available2006-05-15T20:38:47Z
dc.date.copyright2005en_US
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32912
dc.descriptionThesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2005.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 49-50).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) is a joint Columbia University/MIT research collaboration sited at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center. LDX is investigating the physics of a plasma confined in a dipole magnetic field. The field is created with a superconducting electromagnetic ring in the center of a large vacuum chamber. The goals of the experiment call for the ring to be levitated in the center of the vacuum vessel by the magnetic field of another superconducting electromagnet. This act requires a feedback mechanism to control the position of the ring in the vacuum vessel. This thesis presents a design for a position detection system to give position information to the feedback controller and digital filters to reduce the effect of noise in the position measurements.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Austin Hayes Roach.en_US
dc.format.extent50 p.en_US
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dc.format.extent1996995 bytes
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subjectPhysics.en_US
dc.titleFloating coil position detection system for the Levitated Dipole Experimenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
dc.identifier.oclc62628164en_US


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