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To be fair though - the stellarator design is pretty cool as it doesn't have a plasma current and nowadays we can heat the plasma via beam injection. The lack
by alexgmcm 8y ago
To be fair though - the stellarator design is pretty cool as it doesn't have a plasma current and nowadays we can heat the plasma via beam injection.
The lack of the current might make it more stable vs. the tokamak.
- mrfusion 8y agoWhat do you mean by current?
- gnode 8y agoElectric current; net momentum difference between positive and negative charges within the plasma. I.e. nuclei moving clockwise, and electrons counter-clockwise within the tokamak, or vice-versa. The plasma may have a high temperature (and thus induce fusion) without such current.