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Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fusion

Fusion-reactor instabilities can be optimized by adjusting plasma density and magnetic fields

04 Nov 2022
ASDEX Upgrade
On edge: illustrative drawing of the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak. (Courtesy: IPP/Mathias Dibon)
A way of controlling the size of instabilities in the plasma of fusion reactors has been discovered

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