Levitated-Dipole

A Levitated Dipole is a unique form of fusion reactor technology using a solid superconductor torus, magnetism levitated in the reactor chamber. The superconductor forms magnetic lines of force of a nature similar to Earths or Jupiter (planet)s magnetospheres, and it is believed that such an appartus could contain plasma more efficiently than other fusion reactor designs. On Friday, August 13, 2004 at 12:53 PM, the Levitated Dipole Experiment, a collaboration between Columbia University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sucessfully energized a superconducting torus with RF and momentarily created plasma within the magnetic field of the dipole.

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