Optimization and visualization of low aspecct ratio stellarators

Improved tools have recently been developed for numerically designing low aspect ratio stellarator plasma confinement devices. The increased flexibility offered by three-dimensional magnetic flux surface shaping has allowed a range of physicstargets such as improved confinement and plasma stability...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 1999-02, Vol.27 (1), p.116
Hauptverfasser: Spong, Donald A, Hirshman, Steven P, Whitson, John C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Improved tools have recently been developed for numerically designing low aspect ratio stellarator plasma confinement devices. The increased flexibility offered by three-dimensional magnetic flux surface shaping has allowed a range of physicstargets such as improved confinement and plasma stability to be achieved in relatively compact (low aspect ratio) devices.
ISSN:0093-3813
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