David Pace, PhD, MBA

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Experiments at DIII-D determine the drivers for a plasma mode that regulates pressure in the far edge. When far edge pressure gets too high, fusion plasmas tend to expel large bursts of hot particles that will definitely cause wall damage in a reactor.

Schematic of an experiment in the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. The experiment made simultaneous measurements of many plasma characteristics in order to determine the driver of an edge mode dominant in the enhanced D-alpha H-mode scenario.

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