toroidal confinement
nuclear physics
Learn about this topic in these articles:
fusion reactors
- In fusion reactor: Toroidal confinement
The most extensively investigated toroidal confinement concept is the tokamak. The tokamak (an acronym derived from the Russian words for “toroidal magnetic confinement”) was introduced in the mid-1960s by Soviet plasma physicists. The magnetic lines of force are helixes that spiral around the…
Read More