Plugging Plasma Leaks in Magnetic Confinement With New Guiding Center Model
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Summary
Researchers from the University of Texas have announced a new technique for calculating plasma behaviour in magnetic fields, which they claim outperforms existing methods.
The team used a combination of machine-learning techniques and traditional plasma simulations to develop a “data-driven symmetry theory”.
The new method could revolutionise the field of nuclear fusion, with the potential to create more efficient magnetic confinement devices that require lower energy inputs.
Existing methods, based on perturbative guiding centre models, have historically produced excellent results but the new, non-perturbative approach has the potential to improve optimisation of magnetic field configurations.
The findings were published in Physical Review Letters.
