title: Investigating the momentum balance of a plasma pinch: an air-side stereoscopic imaging system for locating probes.
abstract: The momentum balance of a plasma pinch in the Reconnection Scaling Experiment (RSX) is examined in three dimensions using several repositionable, insertable probes. A new camera-based system described here triangulates the locations of the probe tips so that their measurements are spatially registered. The optical system locates probes to within ±1.5 mm of their absolute 3D position in the vessel and to within ±0.7 mm relative to other probes, on the order of the electron inertial length (1-2 mm).
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sears
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Intrator
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Swan
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klarenbeek
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gao