This $276,489 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a research program at Cornell University to study the physics of turbulent plasma in the laboratory. The research aims to develop a new platform for producing turbulent plasma and new methods for measuring plasma turbulence, which has applications in astrophysics, fusion energy, and the formation of organic molecules. The award also funds the development of an open-access plasma laboratory class to strengthen the U.S. STEM workforce by spreading plasma physics instruction to a broader range of educational institutions. The project will use advanced diagnostics like Faraday rotation imaging, Thomson scattering, and imaging refractometry to characterize the transition from laminar to turbulent plasma and the evolution of power-spectra and intermittent structures. No subawards are planned under this grant, which has an ultimate completion date of November 30, 2028.
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