Fusion diagnostic sheds light on plasma behavior at EAST

Friday, August 5, 2011 - 08:30 in Physics & Chemistry

An instrument developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has enabled a team at the EAST fusion experiment in China to observe--in startling detail--how a particular type of electromagnetic wave known as a radiofrequency (RF) wave affects the behavior of hot ionized gas.

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