Fusion glossary
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The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is a superconducting tokamak in operation at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), in Hefei since 2006. See this link.
A stream of electrons moving with the same velocity and direction in neighbouring paths and usually emitted from a single source such as a cathode.
(ECRH) An external mode of heating the plasma through resonant absorption of energy by introducing electromagnetic waves into the plasma at the cyclotron frequency of electrons.
Edge Localized Mode. Regular, energetic bursts of energy and particles that escape from the magnetic field surrounding the plasma and cause loss of energy. The mitigation of this phenomenon is an important preoccupation of tokamak physicists.
The condition of Q = 1, meaning that the total fusion power produced during a plasma pulse is equal to the power injected into the systems that heat the plasma.
The ratio of instantaneous plasma energy content to the net power flow into the plasma required to maintain that energy content.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, home to the Swiss Plasma Center and the TCV tokamak.
Mid-level entryways into the ITER vacuum vessel. The 17 equatorial ports will provide access into the vessel for remote handling, diagnostics, heating, and vacuum systems.
EUROfusion, the European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy, manages European fusion research activities on behalf of Euratom. See this site.