New finding may explain heat loss in fusion reactors
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 15:34
in Physics & Chemistry
Solving a longstanding mystery, experiments reveal two forms of turbulence interacting. A long-standing discrepancy between predictions and observed results in test reactors has been called "the great unsolved problem" in understanding the turbulence that leads to a loss of heat in fusion reactors. Solving this discrepancy is critical for predicting the performance of new fusion reactors such as the huge international collaborative project called ITER, under construction in France.