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First Measurement of the Spectrum of an Antimatter Atom

Plasma physics research, funded by the NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science, has been the key to the success of the ALPHA collaboration’s effort to trap and study the properties of antihydrogen atoms

New γ-ray Camera Helps Scientists Detect Ultra-High Energy Electrons in Plasmas

A new gamma ray camera deployed by researchers from General Atomics on the DIII-D tokamak provides researchers an unparalleled view of how the energetic electrons evolve and interact with the fusion plasma

Progress at the ITER Site Continues

Tokamak Assembly Hall and Tokamak Pit Insert: General Atomics ITER Central Solenoid Fabrication Facility at Poway, CA

Modeled trajectories of energetic particles as they interact with instabilities on the DIII-D National Fusion Facility

Research on DIII-D is leading to ways to control fast ion instabilities, which can significantly degrade fusion performance and potentially damage a fusion reactor.

Progress at the ITER Site Continues

Tokamak Assembly Hall (background) and Tokamak Pit (foreground), and four 400kV transformers (insert) which are part of the U.S. procurement to ITER.

Plasma Discharge in the National Spherical Tokamak eXperiment – Upgrade (NSTX-U)

The most powerful spherical torus fusion experiment in the world turns up the heat, achieving high plasma confinement performance within the first few weeks of operation.

First Hydrogen Plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator

Achievement of the first hydrogen plasma at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Greifswald, Germany on February 3, 2016 marked the start of scientific operation.

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