CFS/MIT-PSFC Magnet (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CFS/MIT-PSFC Magnet

Caption

This large-bore, full-scale high-temperature superconducting magnet designed and built by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has demonstrated a record-breaking 20 tesla magnetic field. It is the strongest fusion magnet in the world.

Credit

Gretchen Ertl, CFS/MIT-PSFC, 2021

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