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Understanding how lasers can rapidly magnetize fusion plasmas
- May 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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The mechanism that can cause a rapidly expanding plasma—the superhot state of matter harnessed in fusion energy systems—to spontaneously generate its own magnetic fields was identified through a new set of simulations. This improves our understanding of naturally occurring plasmas in our universe and advances the development of fusion systems based on an approach called direct-drive inertial fusion.
Originally published at Phys.org