Observation of stable superdense core plasmas in the large helical device

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Aug 4;97(5):055002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.055002. Epub 2006 Aug 3.

Abstract

In reduced recycling discharges in the Large Helical Device, a super dense core plasma develops when a series of pellets are injected. A core region with density as high as 4.5 x 10(20) m(-3) and temperature of 0.85 keV is maintained by an internal diffusion barrier with very high-density gradient. These results may extrapolate to a scenario for fusion ignition at very high density and relatively low temperature in helical devices.