Let's talk about plasma physics and nuclear fusion. Does it have any future?
>>16872051My friend knew this guy and was really upset.Anyways fusion is going to be a money pit for a while but it may work eventually.Plasma physics are insanely useful in all kinds of things, not just fusion, and will never not have a future due to the uses.t. optics guy
>>16872051WTF, was not expecting to see that. I only ever worked with Jack Hare's plasma group at MIT but plenty of people I know were good friends with him.Fusion sucks for a million different reasons, but at least it attracts a lot of students who can be funneled into more useful plasma physics.
>>16872051why was he silenced? what breakthrough was this guy on the verge of?
they will bump up against chaos because no one likes to organize chaos
>>16872130Jesus 12 papers in a year? Is that normal?
>>16872140Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma physics process crucial in magnetic containment fusion. When there are new developments (breakthroughs, if you will), lots of new science is published.
>>16872140Yes. Most of them are last author papers from his grad students and 4/12 are just DPP abstracts.
>>16872130Feds are retarded and forgot the chinese are working on it anyways
>>16872140Yeah, it's called stealing credits from grad students' work.
