Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

NUCLEAR FUSION

Enhanced control

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Physics

View current issue Submit your manuscript

The axial symmetry of tokamaks benefits plasma confinement but hinders control. Experiments have now proven that optimized non-axisymmetric magnetic fields can provide much improved control without degrading the plasma confinement.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Tokamak design.

References

  1. Park, J.-K. et al. Nat. Phys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0268-8 (2018).

  2. Dinklage, A. et al. Nat. Phys. 14, 855–860 (2018).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Evans, T. E. et al. Nat. Phys. 2, 419–423 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Allen H. Boozer

Authors
  1. Allen H. Boozer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Allen H. Boozer.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Boozer, A.H. Enhanced control. Nature Phys 14, 1157–1158 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0281-y

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0281-y

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation