In plasma physics, a burning plasma is a plasma that is heated primarily by fusion reactions involving thermal plasma ions.[1][2] The Sun and similar stars are a burning plasma, and in 2020 the National Ignition Facility achieved a burning plasma in the laboratory.[3] A closely related concept is that of an ignited plasma, in which all of the heating comes from fusion reactions.
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