Runaway Electrons (IMAGE)

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Runaway Electrons

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A computer-generated 3-D view shows runaway electrons in DIII-D based on high speed 2-D images of synchrotron emission from electrons traveling near the speed of light inside the tokamak.

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N.W. Eidietis and M.R. Wade, General Atomics

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