Discovery about the edge of fusion plasma could help realize fusion power

EurekAlert  May 21, 2020
A major roadblock to producing safe, clean, and abundant fusion energy on Earth is the lack of detailed understanding of how the hot, charged plasma gas that fuels fusion reactions behaves at the edge of tokamaks. A team of researchers in the US (Princeton University, MIT) has developed a specialized code called “Gkeyll” that makes simulations feasible. It adapts a state-of-the-art algorithm to the gyrokinetic system to develop the “key numerical breakthroughs needed to provide accurate simulations. The mathematical code simulates the orbiting of plasma particles around the magnetic field lines at the edge of a fusion plasma. Video of first computer simulations of kinetic plasma turbulence near the edge of fusion…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE

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