Physicists working at General Atomics on the DIII-D tokamak in San Diego have created a plasma heating mechanism that reduces damage to the interior of the tokamak, while also retaining more of the energy generated inside it. Now the General Atomics team has successfully devised a method for tuning the accelerating field so that the velocity of the neutral particles as they enter the plasma differs. The new design is based on an idea first proposed by physicist Robert Wilson and his colleagues back in 2008. David Pace, a physicist who led the project for the GA Energy Group, said the team would now focus on demonstrating how "variable voltage beams can improve magnetic fusion".
Physicists working at General Atomics on the DIII-D tokamak in San Diego have created a plasma heating mechanism that reduces damage to the interior of the tokamak, while also retaining more of the energy generated inside it. The new design is based on an idea first proposed by physicist Robert Wilson and his colleagues back in 2008. David Pace, a physicist who led the project for the GA Energy Group, said the team would now focus on demonstrating how "variable voltage beams can improve magnetic fusion".