New theory solves the research problem of particle leakage in "stellarator" and is expected to speed up the development of fusion reactors by 10 times.

A research team from the University of Texas at Austin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and First Light Fusion in the United States has discovered a faster and more accurate method to repair magnetic field defects in fusion reactions, solving the problem of finding the location of particle leaks in search of "star mimics". Researchers say that this advancement represents a paradigm shift in designing fusion reactors, with the potential to increase the speed of developing star mimics by 10 times. The related paper was recently published in the journal Physical Review Letters.