The Physics Behind Fusion's Biggest Problem
EP 20
·5:07

Magnetic reconnection 101 — the problem statement

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5:09revolutionized our understanding of plasma physics, specifically this problem of magnetic reconnection, which is what we're going to go over. We're going to go over his seminal paper, the one that made him famous. >> Mhm. >> Um, and then we're going to go over the work that he was doing currently before his untimely death. Okay. And the focus is going to be on that seminal paper and then what he's been doing >> since >> recently. Yeah. >> Yep. Yep. He's been doing a lot, but we're going to focus on really just two aspects. Okay. >> Okay. So, it's going to be a deep dive into plasma physics, which I'm pretty excited about. >> Look, you know, we we we love the deep dives. The comments have told us.

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