Marcin Jakubowski @marcin_jakubowski@qoto.org

Wendelstein 7-X broke yesterday its own record with the 100 s discharge duration and ca. 400 MJ total energy injected into plasma.

This infrared image shows almost no thermal loads to the first wall, i.e. plasma is well insulated from the surroundings, which is essential for a future reactor. We call such state of plasma - detachment. It allows for longer operation of the reactor.

With 100 s plasma duration this is probably a world record for the duration of the detachment. (C) IPP

We plan to reach 200 seconds by the end of this campaign with 1 GJ injected into the plasma.

To jest tornado na biegunie północnym Jowisza sfotografowane przez kamerę podczerwoną sondy Juno. Otoczone ośmioma mniejszymi ma średnicę, bagatela, 4000 km. Przykryłoby całe Stany Zjednoczone i spory kawałek Kanady. Źródło: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM #PieknoNauki

Hi #Science Mastodon. It's a fresh start for me here, but I was already quite active on Twitter before.
Anyway I do research on thermonuclear fusion as an experimental physicist at Wendelstein 7-X. I will write here mostly about science and possibly spam you with my #photography.