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For those wondering, the Q for this particular result was 0.33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99hvPlC4is&t=48m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99hvPlC4is&t=

• tclancy 5y ago
  We can make it up in volume.
• beefman 5y ago
  He says this is also a world record, but JET got 0.67 in 1997 (according to Wikipedia). The missing asterisk may be that this Q was the average for the whole shot, whereas the 1997 result may have been measured over a short time. Just my speculation, based on slide 21 here: https://fire.pppl.gov/iea_bp_w60_stork.pdf https://fire.pppl.gov/iea_bp_w60_stork.pdf Edit: Confirmed by this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/fusion/comments/soc5xo/oxfords_jet_lab_smashes_nuclear_fusion_energy/hw84rid/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fusion/comments/soc5xo/oxfords_jet_...