Hungarian camera system recorded the first hydrogen plasma in W7-X

Hungarian camera system recorded the first hydrogen plasma in W7-X

Hungarian camera system recorded the first hydrogen plasma in W7-X

On the 3rd of February 2016, fusion community payed attention to Greifswald again. Wendelstein 7-X produced its first hydrogen plasma as a start of the scientific campaign.

The first pictures of the hydrogen plasma were captured by the Hungarian camera system just like in December when W7-X officially started.

The first hydrogen plasma image captured by Hungarian video diagnostics system

Hungarian and German colleagues after the first hydrogen experiment. From left to right: Dr Tamás Szepesi, Dr. Gábor Kocsis, Dr. Christoph Biedermann, Dr. Ralf König

Background:

You can read more about stellarators in this article and about the video diagnostics project background in this article.