Magnetic Ripples Calm the Surface of Fusion Plasmas
3D magnetic fields can help control the plasma edge to prevent damaging bursts of heat and particles from fusion plasma.
3D magnetic fields can help control the plasma edge to prevent damaging bursts of heat and particles from fusion plasma.
Forming a staircase in the edge of the plasmas can boost the performance of a fusion reactor
New high-resolution measurements of tokamaks’ tungsten walls may provide insight into how to better protect the armor material
Mirrored D shape demonstrates surprisingly high pressures in a tokamak, indicating a shape change may be in order for next-generation fusion reactors.
Thin-walled diamond shells carry payloads of boron dust; the dust mitigates destructive plasma disruptions in fusion confinement systems.
The Fusion Recurrent Neural Network reliably forecasts disruptive and destructive events in tokamaks.
Scientists tame damaging edge instabilities in steady-state conditions required in a fusion reactor.
Spectroscopic measurements reveal that main ions flow much faster than impurities at the edge of fusion-relevant plasmas.
U.S. and Korean scientists show how to find and use beneficial 3-D field perturbations to stabilize dangerous edge-localized modes in plasma.
Enabling beams to respond to plasma conditions in real time allows scientists to avoid instabilities and raise performance.
2-D velocity imaging helps fusion researchers understand the role of ion winds (aka flows) in the boundary of tokamak plasmas.
Just like lightning, fusion plasmas contain odd electromagnetic whistler waves that could control destructive electrons in fusion reactors.