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The RAPID (Rock And Paleomagnetism Instrument Development) consortium is a multi-campus virtual institute devoted to improving the speed and precision of paleomagnetic and rock magnetic measurements. Our current [:Campuses:campuses] are Caltech, MIT, Yale, Occidental College, UT-Austin, USGS-Menlo Park, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Johannesburg.

RAPID's flagship instrument is our [:Hardware/SampleChanger:automatic sample changer] for a vertical-oriented superconducting rock magnetometer, such as that produced by [http://www.2genterprises.com/ 2G Enterprises]. The sample changer is described in [http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KIRggg08 an article in G3], and [:Hardware/SampleChanger:specifications] are available from this web site.

== News  ==

'''May 2, 2008''': The G3 paper describing the sample changer paper has been published. A [http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:KIRggg08 postprint] is available through the Caltech Authors ePrint depository.