Plasma confinement concepts

Plasma confinement involves containing a super-hot, charged state of matter—plasma—so it doesn't touch walls and lose energy. This is crucial for nuclear fusion, where light atoms fuse to release energy. Methods like magnetic confinement use strong magnetic fields to shape and hold the plasma in a stable position, preventing it from cooling down or escaping. Devices such as tokamaks and stellarators are designed to create these magnetic bottles. Effective confinement maintains the necessary temperature and density for fusion to occur efficiently, making fusion a potential clean and limitless energy source.