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Diagnostics for fusion experiments

MAY 01, 1979
Elaborate measurements are needed to document the power balance in fusion plasmas. The new era of experiments above “breakeven” will require diagnostic techniques as yet undeveloped.
Charles B. Wharton

Impressive advances have been reported in controlled fusion experiments during the past four years. Both open and closed confinement systems have performed up to expectations, rekindling the old optimism that has lain nearly dormant for 15 years. As a result, breakeven experiments are being proposed, designed and built in several laboratories.

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  5. 5. C. M. Stickley, “Laser Fusion,” PHYSICS TODAY, May 1978, page 50.

More about the authors

Charles B. Wharton, Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University.

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