Reversed-field pinch

A toroidal configuration where the field reverses direction at the plasma edge, allowing confinement at much lower external field than a tokamak. That has come at the cost of confinement quality: RFPs have not matched tokamak performance, and closing that gap without the stronger field is the configuration's main open problem.

Organisations and devices by approach: Reversed-field pinch on the technology page

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approach:reversed-field-pinch

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