Imposing Chaos on Magnetic Fields Suppresses Runaway Electrons in a Fusion Plasma (IMAGE)

DOE/US Department of Energy

Imposing Chaos on Magnetic Fields Suppresses Runaway Electrons in a Fusion Plasma

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Computational modeling of chaos in magnetic field lines explains measurements showing that runaway electrons can be suppressed in a tokamak fusion plasma when operators apply a magnetic field perturbation.

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