Simulation of Plasma Escape Mechanism (IMAGE)

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Simulation of Plasma Escape Mechanism

Caption

This still image from a new simulation shows how plasma from the pedestal region is connected through the supposedly last confinement surface into the divertor plasma region. The long and thin lobes are fluctuating in time and space. 

Credit

Simulation credit: Seung-Hoe Ku / Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on DOE's Summit computer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Visualization credit: Dave Pugmire and Jong Youl Choi / Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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