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So on this graph they're at about 0.2e20, but it also says they need 3e21 (and the graph on Wikipedia agrees)... So are they 150x off the target? 3e12 is a typo
by IshKebab 1y ago
So on this graph they're at about 0.2e20, but it also says they need 3e21 (and the graph on Wikipedia agrees)... So are they 150x off the target? 3e12 is a typo I guess?
- willis936 1y agoYeah it's 3E21 in SI units. The wikipedia graphs also highlight how nonlinear performance scales across machines. W7-X isn't 1000x larger than T3, yet performs ~1000x better. Confinement field strength (a little expensive) and major radius (very expensive) are knobs that turn these from research machines into power plants.