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I am thinking that the following sections should be added to the spheromak page:

• Theory (needs to elaborated)
• Subsection on magnetic field profiles, safety factors and transport in spheromaks.
• A section on performance of spheromak should be added. The performance should be tracked over the last 3 decades and should be compared to Lawson Crieterion and other fusion concepts.
• A section on "how to create spheromaks" should be added - pulsed electrostatic helicity injection, steady state helicity injection, etc.
• A section on existing spheromak experiments (may be under external links).
• A section on future challenges

(Would appreciate some help)--DeepakKumar (talk)07:34, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good suggestions, too bad this article seems to have languished a bit. I'm not qualified to really help in any of your listed areas, but do think that a reference to theElectron spiral toroid might be included. According to the discussionshere, it seems the principals involved agree the "electron sprial toroid" is a special case of a spheromak. Maybe include it in the proposed "existing spheromak experiments" section?Krellkraver (talk)20:18, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Would be great to better separate the plasma configuation from devices that produce it.
And great if we had a diagram or clear description of the arrangement of currents and fields in the plasma. and a description of the forces on the plasma and how the plasma tends to evolve with time, (does it shrink until stable ?) -Rod57 (talk)15:06, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Guys when did the SPHEX shut down? I have papers going to 1999.— Precedingunsigned comment added by2602:30A:C7C0:B940:E198:2E60:A0DC:DE4E (talk)06:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The hypothesized chromospheromak replaces the black holeringularity (thus the "ring" becomes way fatter and its behavior is a way more complicated; a non-idealized mechanism).

The same mechanics used, but with "chromodynamic flow" (a proposed state of matter even more degenerate and energetic than quagma/quark–gluon plasma.

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