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April 29, 2015

An improvement to the global software standard for analyzing fusion plasmas
Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 29, 2015
The gold standard for analyzing the behavior of fusion plasmas may have just gotten better. Mario Podesta, a staff physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has updated the worldwide computer program known as TRANSP to better simulate the interaction between energetic particles and instabilities - disturbances in plasma that can halt fusion reactions. The program's updates, reported this week in the journal Nuclear Fusion, could lead to improved capab ... read more

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