Tokamak experiments exceed plasma density limit, offering new approach to fusion ignition

Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally ...
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Fusion physicists found a way around a long-standing density limit

Experiments inside a fusion reactor in China have demonstrated a new way to circumvent one of the caps on the density of the ...
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New Model Explains and Overcomes Plasma Density Limit in Fusion

In experiments using the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), also referred to as the “artificial sun,” ...
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Fusion Ignition Breakthrough: Energy Researchers Report Tokamak Experiments That Exceed Mysterious ‘Plasma Density Limit’

In a new milestone for fusion energy research, physicists in China say they have exceeded the plasma-density limit.