Basic Plasma Science Facility

国家科学基金会和加州大学洛杉矶分校之间的这项合作协议为加州大学洛杉矶分校的基础等离子体科学研究国家设施的运营提供了资金。该设施的核心是大型等离子体设备(LAPD-II)，这是一种独特的研究仪器，非常适合多个用户进行协作研究。该设施提供了一个执行前沿实验的场所，这些实验需要不适合小型设备的物理条件。除了日常维护和升级所需的暂停外，Lapd将24小时运行，以1赫兹的重复频率提供研究级等离子体，并在用户的控制下提供广泛的可能参数选择。该项目由美国国家科学基金会和能源部共同资助，是美国国家科学基金会和能源部在基础等离子体科学和工程方面的合作伙伴关系的一部分。国家科学基金会的资金在数学和物理科学局的物理司和地球科学局的大气科学司之间分配。

This Cooperative Agreement between the National Science Foundation and the University of California, Los Angeles, provides funding for the operation of a national facility for research in basic plasma science at the University of California, Los Angeles. The core of the facility is the Large Plasma Device (LAPD-II), a unique research instrument well suited for collaborative studies by multiple users. The facility provides a place in which to perform frontier-level experiments that require physical conditions not suitable for small devices. The LAPD will be operated on a 24-hour basis, except for necessary pauses for routine maintenance and upgrades, providing research-grade plasmas at a one Hertz repetition rate and having a wide range of possible parameter choices under the user's control. This project is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy as part of the NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering. NSF funding is divided between the Physics Division in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate and the Division of Atmospheric Sciences in the Directorate for Geosciences.