- Big national lab
facilities provide unique capabilities for plasma physics,
fusion, and astrophysics research; and are available to the wider
(university) community
- X-ray spectroscopy can be
used to effectively diagnose complex, time-variable plasma
properties
- But significant modeling
must be performed in order to properly interpret these data (and
design the experiments)
- Astrophysically meaningful
results can be obtained in the laboratory, but care must be
taken
- Making controlled fusion happen is
going to be very, very difficult