Simulations by PPPL physicists suggest that magnetic fields can calm plasma instabilities
Eureka Alert 15-AUG-2016 IMAGE: MAGNETIC PERTURBATIONS IN A FUSION PLASMA ARE SHOWN. CREDIT: GERRIT KRAMER Physicists led by Gerrit Kramer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have conducted simulations that suggest that applying magnetic fields to fusion plasmas can control instabilities known as Alfvén waves that can reduce the … Read more