Liquid lithium on the walls of a fusion device helps the plasma within maintain a hot edge

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications

This view of the inside of LTX-β shows what the donut-shaped plasma containment device looks like after the lithium has been cleaned off the shell walls and several ports were opened. PPPL Staff Research Physicist Dennis Boyle peeks in from center-right.

« Liquid lithium on the walls of a fusion device helps the plasma within maintain a hot edge

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications

Dennis Boyle, a staff research physicist at PPPL, stands in front of LTX-β. The plasma containment device requires a complex web of cables and hoses to operate. The beam system is to the right of Boyle's head. In the foreground on the right sits a photograph of the inside of LTX-β, with an image inset showing a small pool of lithium.

« Liquid lithium on the walls of a fusion device helps the plasma within maintain a hot edge

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