Ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) is a pivotal technique in plasma physics, especially within the domain of magnetic confinement fusion. By utilising radio frequency power in the ion cyclotron ...

Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources harness the resonant interaction between microwaves and electrons in a magnetic field to produce intense beams of multi‐charged ions. These devices have ...

Schematic of fast ions (black spirals) interacting with plasma waves (color) in a fusion experiment. Credit: Steve Allen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and adapted by Mike Van Zeeland ...

Scientists have created plasmas with fusion-suitable densities, using microwave power with low frequency. The research team has identified three important steps in the plasma production: ...

By stabilizing plasma in a world-first experiment, scientists may have overcome one of the key obstacles to limitless fusion ...

MAST Upgrade team claims first suppression of pesky edge instabilities in a spherical tokamak Scientists at the UK Atomic ...

SCIENTISTS at the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have successfully stabilised plasma instabilities in a spherical tokamak ...

Although nuclear fusion is exceedingly easy to achieve, as evidenced by desktop fusors, the real challenges begin to pop up ...

Just like there are waves in the ocean, waves can also occur in an electrically charged gas called a plasma, made up of electrons and ions. In the ocean, people surf by riding their boards at nearly ...

Kyoto, Japan -- Lead author Yurii Victorovich Kovtun, despite being forced to evacuate the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology amid the current Russia-Ukraine war, has continued to work with ...