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it ran for 101 seconds at .... 120,000,000 DEGREES CELCIUS!!

for comparison the sun is 15,000,000 degrees C.

I wonder how they measure a temperature that high.




These videos goes over various methods:

How do we measure 15 million degrees? (from Tokomak Energy (4:34)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77af1ZivgA&t=57s

And this longer one from UKAEA (55 minutes)

Hotter than the sun and lighter than air; measuring the extreme conditions of fusion plasma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vms8JEky-Bo

Spectroscopy and laser measurements and other measures are used.

The engineering and science in fusion research is amazing.


Spectrum?




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