Driving the innovations needed to bring fusion power to the grid
Engineering technologies that turn fusion concepts into real-world devices
Exploring the fundamental physics of the fourth state of matter
Understanding how fusion plasmas interact with, stress, and alter materials
Studying how matter reacts to extreme temperature and pressure
Turning breakthrough fusion and plasma research into practical technologies
Research Areas / Plasma science / Interaction of the high harmonic fast wave with the boundary plasma on NSTX-U
Experimental characterization of the high harmonic fast wave (HHFW) in the divertor of the NSTX-U spherical tokamak to understand its interaction with the boundary plasma and optimize HHFW operation on NSTX-U