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... were to exhaust heating power and helium "ash" from fusion reactions and to protect the reacting core plasma from impurities. A separatrix is a surface that separates the flux region of the core plasma from the "burial chamber," the region remote from the core plasma where magnetic field lines intercept material surfaces.
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... (keV) FIGURE 4.2 The approach to power plant conditions of magnetic confinement fusion experiments: The performance of various plasma devices is shown as a function of the "fusion parameter," niTi~E, and the central ion temperature, Ti.
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Key Terms

  • plasma current
  • plasma physics
  • magnetic field
  • core plasma
  • profile control

  • flow shear
  • confinement fusion
  • current profile
  • scrapeoff layer
  • electric field

  • field lines
  • magnetic confinement
  • numerical simulation
  • minor radius
  • future experiments

  • beta limit
  • edge plasma
  • european physical
  • plasma shape
  • central ion

  • material surfaces
  • heating power
  • controlled fusion
  • divertor physics
  • pressure profile

  • density fluctuations
  • ion temperature
  • turbulent transport


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