Plasmas are Hot and Fusion is Cool

Multimedia · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1047477

Wieser, Patti ^[1]; Hopkins, David ^[2]

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1. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
2. Princeton Univ. Broadcast Center, NJ (United States)

The DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) collaborates to develop fusion as a safe, clean and abundant energy source for the future. This video discusses PPPL's research and development on plasma, the fourth state of matter. In this simulation of plasma turbulence inside PPPL's National Spherical Torus Experiment, the colorful strings represent higher and lower electron density in turbulent plasma as it circles around a donut-shaped fusion reactor; red and orange are higher density. This image is among those featured in the slide show, "Plasmas are Hot and Fusion is Cool," a production of PPPL and the Princeton University Broadcast Center.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1047477
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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