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spletharg t1_ixu4szc wrote

Can anyone here explain why this coil is so effective in increasing the efficiency of the system?

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WinterHill t1_ixufvk9 wrote

In the article it says that a previous computer model they ran showed that the coil and magnetic field improved the output.

It’s possible that the researchers aren’t sure exactly how or why it works better yet, but just followed the model prediction with a practical experimental approach.

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spletharg t1_ixv3us8 wrote

Thanks. I saw the info about the model predictions. I just wondered if anyone had any ideas about the principles involved. There are some bright individuals on here.

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Vatigu t1_ixxqjdy wrote

Just a guess but a magnetic field might control the plasma inside the sphere and in effect increase the likelihood of fusion events by forcing the hot nuclear soup into an even denser sphere than the original confines of the containment vessel. But this is just my hypothesis based on watching a ton of fusion related content on YouTube and knowing that in other experimental reactors magnetic fields are exclusively used to contain and direct the plasma.

But I could be and likely am completely off the mark.

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Phssthp0kThePak t1_iy0mowf wrote

Right, energy scale seems much smaller for the magnetic interactions. Aligning proton spins would mean the spatial wave function would have to be anti symmetric. That's not good for fusion probabilities you would think.

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