Cooling Superhot Plasma (IMAGE)

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Cooling Superhot Plasma

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Comparison of experimentally measured radiated power emission patterns inside the DIII-D tokamak with upper gas injection (left) and lower gas injection (right). Arrows indicates gas valve locations, the white border represents the plasma boundary, and the light blue border shows the vacuum vessel. Red coloring indicates the strongest emission, blue weakest.

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