Divertorlet experiment (VIDEO)

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Caption

This video shows the experimental setup as different amounts of current are applied. In the future, researchers hope to perfect the system and reduce the height of the waves so that the heat is more evenly distributed across the upper surface of the liquid metal.

Credit

Francisco Saenz and Zhen Sun / PPPL

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