Editing Levitated Dipole Experiment (section)

=== Chamber ===
The dipole was suspended inside a "squashed-pumpkin"-shaped vacuum chamber, which was about 5.2 meters in diameter and ~3 meters high.<ref>presentation"LDX Machine Design and Diagnostics" APS DPP meeting 1998, Garnier and Mauel</ref> At the base of the chamber was a charging coil. This coil is used to charge the dipole, using [[Electromagnetic induction|induction]]. Next, the dipole is raised into the center of the chamber using a launcher-rather system running through the bore of the dipole magnet. A copper magnet fixed on top of the chamber produced a magnetic field which attracted the floating dipole magnet. This external field would interact with the dipole field, suspending the dipole. The magnetic field produce by the floating dipole magnet is used to confine the plasma. The plasma forms around the dipole and inside the chamber. The plasma is formed by heating a low pressure gas using a [[radio frequency]], essentially microwaving the plasma in a ~15-kilowatt field.<ref>"Optimization of Hot Electron Diagnostics on LDX" Nogami, Woskov, Kesner, Garnier, Mauel, 2009</ref>