Madison Symmetric Torus

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MST

Madison Symmetric Torus
Device type	Reversed field pinch
Location	Madison, Wisconsin, US
Affiliation	University of Wisconsin–Madison
Links
Website	MST official website

The Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) is a reversed field pinch (RFP) physics experiment with applications to both fusion energy research and astrophysical plasmas.

MST is located at the Center for Magnetic Self Organization (CMSO) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

RFPs are significantly different from tokamaks (the most popular magnetic confinement scheme) in that they tend to have a higher power density and better confinement characteristics for a given average magnetic field. RFPs also tend to be dominated by non-ideal phenomena and turbulent effects.