DIII-D Scientists Identify New Peaks in Fusion Power
Transport effects raise the density in the plasma core
Transport effects raise the density in the plasma core
Experiments reveal the relationship between the density of matter and extreme pressure in stellar objects, putting constraints on models of white dwarf stars
Novel Convolutional Neural Network combined with advanced microscopy offers a path to automated and reliable radiation defect analysis.
A technique that suppresses damaging instabilities also improves the exhaust of helium ‘ash’ in the DIII-D tokamak, improving conditions for fusion.
Novel Convolutional Neural Network combined with advanced microscopy offers a path to automated and reliable radiation defect analysis.
A novel paradigm for pushing energy in a particle accelerator method could dramatically shrink future accelerators.
New laser-driven experiments and numerical simulations reveal an electron acceleration mechanism relevant to young supernova shock waves.
Discovery could help control potentially damaging bursts during plasma disruptions, another step toward fusion power production.
New approach doubles the current driven by microwave heating at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility
Scientists created the Parker spiral – the spiral magnetic field structure of the Sun due to its rotation – in the lab
Injecting pellets into fusion plasma helps repair tears in fusion reactors’ magnetic fields, improving prospects for fusion energy.
3D magnetic fields can help control the plasma edge to prevent damaging bursts of heat and particles from fusion plasma.