Plasma and Fusion Research is an electronic journal published by the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research. The journal, covering the wide disciplines of plasma science and technology, is intended to provide an accessible and comprehensive source for analysis and contemporary information and data in every area of plasma and fusion research.

Cover Image

The poloidal cross section of the Ring Trap 1 (RT-1) device. A high-temperature superconducting coil levitated in the vacuum chamber generates a magnetospheric configuration. A variety of interesting phenomena are observed in the magnetosphere. Electrons injected from the edge confinement region are transported to the strong magnetic field region against the density gradient and stably trapped. The confinement time exceeds 300 s.

Cover image from Haruhiko SAITOH, et al., Plasma Fusion Res. 4, 054 (2009).