Comment by kragen
4 days ago
Specifically they were able to maintain a tokamak plasma (presumably at fusion temperatures) for 1337 seconds, using two megawatts of heating. 1337 is not a joke; presumably the "leet" reading is coincidental.
4 days ago
Specifically they were able to maintain a tokamak plasma (presumably at fusion temperatures) for 1337 seconds, using two megawatts of heating. 1337 is not a joke; presumably the "leet" reading is coincidental.
I assumed it was their target, and indeed a semi-private joke... but you make the case for coincidental. I prefer to believe it was by design :D
With China spying around, you probably don't want to reveal the full potential of your technologies before you are sure that you will have permanent lead.
That is not how science works best.
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EAST (Chinese) and WEST (French) are under the ITER umbrella. Showing your notes is baked in.
The article says it was not fusion temperatures, and that they intend to get hotter in future tests.
I see, thanks! I missed that.
That makes it less impressive; any fluorescent-light tube can maintain a stable plasma for years, after all, without even magnetic confinement.