A look at the magnetic approach to achieving controlled thermonuclear fusion as a viable energy source.br br Contentsbr 00:00 - Introductionbr 00:27 - Particles in a magnetic fieldbr 02:52 - Magnetohydrodynamicsabr 04:05 - Turbulencebr 04:45 - Recapbr 05:19 - Z-pinchbr 07:25 - Magnetic mirrorbr 09:02 - Toroidal machinesbr 11:48 - Heatingbr 14:34 - Currentbr 16:00 - Shapingbr 18:31 - H-modebr 20:19 - Disruptionsbr 21:15 - Machine wallsbr 22:24 - Stellaratorsbr 23:03 - Wrap-upbr br Referencesbr [1] The first high-speed colour video from the COMPASS tokamakbr [2] J. P. Freidberg, “Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy” (CUP 2010).br [3] T. F. Neiser et al., “Gyrokinetic GENE simulations of DIII-D near-edge L-mode plasmas” Physics of Plasmas 26, 092510 (2019).br [4] S. J. Zweben et al., “Edge turbulence velocity preceding the L-H transition in NSTX” Physics of Plasmas 28, 032304 (2021)br [5] Magnetic turbulence by Giannandrea Inchingolo (User:GiannandreaInchingolo)br [6] D. D. Ryutov et al., “Magneto-hydrodynamically stable axisymmetric mirrors” Physics of Plasmas 18, 092301 (2011).br [7] T. Sunn Pedersen et al., “Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field to better than 1:100,000” Nature Communications 7:13493 (2016).br [8] N. J. Fisch, “The Alpha Channeling Effect” AIP Conference Proceedings 1689, 020001 (2015).br [9] B. Dudson, Magnetic Confinement Fusion Lecturesbr [10] The interior of Alcator C-Mod as seen from B port by Chris Bolinbr [11] Plasma test in the MAST experiment at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy by user Dobbin74br [12] Video of MAST discharge 15872, UKAEAbr [13] D. G. Whyte et al., “I-mode: an H-mode energy confinement regime with L-mode particle transport in Alcator C-Mod” Nuclear Fusion 50, 105005 (2010).br [14] J. Degrave et al., “Magnetic control of tokamak plasmas through deep reinforcement learning” Nature 602, 414 (2022).br [15] M. Rubel et al., “Application of Ion Beam Analysis in Studies of First Wall Materials in Controlled Fusion Devices” Physics 4, 37 (2022).br [16] V. E. Moiseenko, “First experiments on ICRF discharge generation by a W7-X-like antenna in the Uragan-2M stellarator” Journal of Plasma Physics 86, 905860517 (2020).