The physics of turbulence localised to the tokamak divertor volume

Abstract

Fusion generated within magnetically confined plasmas offers a promising route to clean baseload energy but the intense heat and particle flux generated in the process presents a major challenge for future power plant devices. Through a combination of experiment and computational analysis the authors develop a potential first-principals understanding of turbulent processes in the divertor of their device, where excess heat is handled, paving the way to predictive tokamak solutions for the future.