magnetic confinement
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Magnetic confinement is a method used in controlled fusion research to contain a high-temperature plasma using magnetic fields. Charged particles in a plasma spiral around magnetic field lines, which helps keep them away from the reactor walls. For effective confinement, the magnetic field must create a stable equilibrium that balances the plasma's outward pressure with the inward magnetic force. This prevents the plasma from escaping and losing energy. Devices like tokamaks use a combination of toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields to achieve this stability. The goal is to maintain temperatures over 75,000,000 K, where fusion reactions can occur efficiently and sustain themselves, providing a clean and virtually inexhaustible energy source.123
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Several decades of fusion research have produced accomplishments of two types. First, the discipline of plasma physics has developed to the point that theoretical and experimental tools permit quantitative evaluation of many aspects of fusion reactor concepts. Second, and perhaps most revealing, the…
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