What can an average joe like me do to help make this happen? Free blowjobs? I'll do anything. (But seriously, what could the average brainlet do, if anything?)
>Currently, the approach toward testing the viability of nuclear fusion involves using either a tokamak or a stellarator. A tokamak — one of which is currently being tested by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center — is a doughnut-shaped device that can contain high-energy plasma using two-dimensional magnetic fields created by a ring of magnets. On the other hand, the stellarator — whose design is still largely untested — performs the same function using twisted, 3D magnetic fields.
>The world’s largest stellarator is currently being operated by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany, and researchers have now revealed that the extraordinarily complex device is functioning as expected.
nature.com/articles/ncomms13493 >Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field to better than 1:100,000
holy shit I thought OPs pic was just some art work.
Ryan Morales
it is
Ethan Adams
Yeah, the first time I saw this a while ago I thought it was either fake or some sort of meme. >lol I know plasma physics is insanely complicated but this is ridiculous
Christian Hall
>>lol I know plasma physics is insanely complicated but this is ridiculous
They are talking about measurements in field line geometry, and testing the precision of the magnetic topology, it's margin of error and so forth.
Looks like (from OPs articles) that the magnetic field shape is well within tolerances, and the only errors in it's geometry are caused by some VERY small tolerance issues in the physical placement of the superconductive winding's.
For the sake of refrance, there are basically three different fusion reactor styles being tested currently:
ITER's Tokamok style tourus, Max plank's Stelorator (OP's pic), and the National ignition facility laser inertial confinement design.
So, we should probably be getting some really good data from this reactor design that will help us in better understanding fusion temperature plasma interactions, for the eventual purpose of constructing a fully functional fusion power generator.
It is a vessel in which fusion reactions take place, just like a chemical reactor. It's not a power reactor, sure, but a reactor is just "a thing you use to make stuff react."
Sebastian Martin
that's a great video
Evan Reed
>that 4 minute brown nosing introduction of the professor in the beginning
Was it his birthday or something?
Ryder Thomas
mindblowing
Jayden Walker
Maybe in Germany, people don't treat their collaborators like Machiavellian pricks.
Brandon Barnes
Go to school, get a degree in plasma physics, learn German, profit(?) Or just fund fusion research if you're a millionaire.
Jaxon Green
I dont know why did you click on this post?
Logan Allen
This video is great. Thanks user
Asher Evans
Is it OK to fap to this?
John Smith
It's a reactor. Read the articles at least.
Elijah Mitchell
Why wasn't I born a plasma physicist? It hurts to live.
Gavin Miller
You can still become one, this technology will be ready in ~50 years
Nathaniel Torres
Someone else told me I would have to go to school for another 28 years to be able to do that. I would gladly do it, but I don't have enough years left in my life, as I am forced to be a slave for the remainder of my time on this planet.
Hunter Bennett
>It's not a reactor.
It is.
Luis Collins
Prof Whyte starts talking at about 4:25. The intro does go on rather long.
Isaac Williams
Aren't all these devices useless since they'll just get destroyed by neutrons after a very short period of operation?
Hunter Sullivan
Nothing actually touches the device itself because of the magnetic fields.
Josiah Bell
The neutrons aren't deflected by the magnetic field. However, there's almost definitely shielding and/or hardening from the secondary radiation. This isn't a new problem.
Adam Mitchell
>Nothing actually touches the device itself because of the magnetic fields. >magnetic fields Wow it's like you don't know what fucking neutrons are. Where the fuck am I again? Did I stumble into I Fucking Love Science's facebook page?
Dylan Johnson
Hey Rutherford, you do know that neutrons have a magnetic moment, right?
Ryan Powell
Somehow, I think these people expect these machines to be functional in the long-term as well as economically viable, or else they wouldn't be developing them.
Andrew Wright
>using two-dimensional magnetic fields created by a ring of magnets. On the other hand, the stellarator — whose design is still largely untested — performs the same function using twisted, 3D magnetic fields. Are magnetic fields usually 2D?
Evan Williams
This reactor reached 1 million degrees Celsius? That's about 1/15th of the temperature at the core of the Sun.
How doesn't it melt everything around? What material can resist such temperatures?
