Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

Atom
The smallest particle of an element that is not further divisible...

Atomic number Z
Every element is characterised by the number...

Beta
The beta of a fusion plasma is defined...

Burning plasma
In a burning fusion plasma so many fusion processes occur...

Divertor
In a tokamak the outer magnetic field lines are...

Fusion product
The fusion product is the characteristic parameter for...

Heating power
The energy input per unit time required...

High-frequency heating
When electromagnetic waves of appropriate frequency are beamed into the plasma ...

H-Mode
Plasma state with improved energy confinement in...

Limiter
Plasma configuration in which the plasma is bounded...

L-Mode
Plasma state in tokamak plasmas with purely...

Magnetic confinement
Charged particles - ions and electrons - in a magnetic field are...

Neutral particle heating
Particles with high kinetic energy that are injected into the plasma transfer their energy to the plasma ...

Neutron fluence
The neutrons impinging on one square metre of the plasma...

Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion is the fusing of light...

Ohmic heating
Internal heating in a tokamak resulting...

Pellets
In a fusion power plant hydrogen...

Plasma
The "fourth aggregate state of matter"...

Power gain Q
The ratio of the heating power...

Spitzer Conductivity
The electrical resistance in a plasma is approximately...

Stellarator
Unlike tokamaks, stellarators can in principle...

Tokamak
The most investigated and furthest...

Wall load
A burning fusion plasma subjects the...