Hi everyone,
I’m a fourth-year undergraduate student. I’m not entirely sure how to describe my major properly, but my main focus is plasma physics, and I am training to become an engineer who can design devices related to plasma applications, ranging from fusion reactors to sputtering systems. To be honest, I have only taken one short introductory course on tokamaks and stellarators, but I plan to dedicate my career to fusion energy.
Recently, my university hosted an open lecture on the research results and challenges related to the Wendelstein 7-X facility, where I had the chance to talk to someone who actually works in the field (apologies for the long preamble).
I am currently working on my bachelor’s thesis on the divertor operating regime of a negative-triangularity tokamak, and I would really appreciate hearing the thoughts of someone who is familiar with this topic - or, more precisely, someone who works on it. I have read a couple of papers on the challenges of this plasma configuration, but I would really like to hear from a person, not just from articles.