Connect the plasmalecks in magnetic restriction with the new Leitzentrum model

Although the idea of ​​containing a plasma in a magnetic field initially appears simple, plasmen are highly dynamic systems that like to avoid the magnetic restriction in the event of half a chance. This has a big problem with nuclear fusion reactors and similar, in which the escaping particles such as alpha (helium) particles from the magnetic containment are undermined the reactor wall, among other things. In particular, the plasmadynamics are calculated as precisely as possible, so that the magnetic field works more with the plasma bump movement, with pretty good results so far.

Now researchers at the University of Texas believe that they can improve these plasma system calculations with a new, more precise and efficient method. Your proposed non-Perurbative Leitzentrum model is published in (Paywalled) Physical reviewsWith a preliminary print on Arxiv.

The current disruptive key center model is admittedly good enough that even the authors of the articles admit that Wendelstein 7-X is within a few % of the perfectly optimized optimization. While we would not dare to browse exactly what makes exactly this “data-controlled symmetry theory” approach, this indicates the use of simulation data, which then probably does a better task when describing the movement of alpha particles through the magnetic field as conventional simulations.

Top picture: Interior of the Wendelstein 7-X steller during maintenance.