New tandem mirror machine starts operation at MIT
JUL 01, 1984
DOI: 10.1063/1.2916317
The Tara tandem mirror experimental fusion device began operation at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center’s new Nabisco Laboratory at the end of March. In recent testing, rf heating has raised the ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure in Tara’s central solenoid to 2%, indicating an average ion energy of 2 keV (20 million kelvin), much hotter than the temperature at which the device will ultimately run.
© 1984. American Institute of Physics
