November 25, 2002

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting Gaithersburg, Maryland November 25, 2002 AGENDA
Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
8:30 a.m.	Welcome/Logistics	Hazeltine
8:35 a.m.	OFES Perspective	Davies	PDF
8:50 a.m.	Report from the 35-Year Development Plan Panel	Goldston	PDF
9:50 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	Discussion of the Panel Report	FESAC
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Report from the Simulation/Integrated Modeling Panel	Dahlburg
1:30 p.m.	Discussion of Panel Report	FESAC
2:00 p.m.	Break
2:10 p.m.	Public Comments
2:30 p.m.	Prepare Letter to DOE	FESAC
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

November 25, 2002	Minutes		PDF

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The weight of antihydrogen atoms (a positively charged positron or anti-electron orbiting a negatively charged antiproton) balances the weight of hydrogen atoms (a negatively charged electron orbiting a positively charged proton).

Antihydrogen Falls Downward!

Settling a long-standing question, scientists have proven that antihydrogen falls downward in a first-ever direct experiment.

Negative triangularity shaping in the DIII-D tokamak (left) produced plasmas with no observed instabilities for triangularities less than approximately -0.15, even at high heating power and core performance (right).

Inverting Fusion Plasmas Improves Performance

Plasmas with negative triangularity show reduced gradients that develop into instabilities, including under conditions relevant to fusion power plants.