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It is one of the main figures of merit of magnetically confined plasmas, and one of the factors of the Lawson criterion for fusion.
It is one of the main figures of merit of magnetically confined plasmas, and one of the factors of the [[:Wikipedia:Lawson criterion|Lawson criterion]] for fusion.


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