Fusion Concept Exploration Experiments at PPPL

摘要

Small 'concept exploration' experiments have for many years been an important part of the fusion research program at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). this paper describes some of the present and planned fusion concept exploration experiments at PPPL. These experiments are a University- scale research level, in contrast with the larger fusion devices at PPPL such as the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) and the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR), which are at 'proof-of-principle' and 'proof-of-performance' levels, respectively.