ESTELL: A Quasi‐Toroidally Symmetric Stellarator |
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Authors: | M. Drevlak F. Brochard P. Helander J. Kisslinger M. Mikhailov C. Nührenberg J. Nührenberg Y. Turkin |
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Affiliation: | Max‐Planck‐Institut für Plasmaphysik, IPP‐EURATOM Association, Germany |
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Abstract: | This work presents the physics design for a simple quasi‐axially symmetric stellarator. A plasma configuration described by a modest number of Fourier coefficients was found to establish this symmetry with good accuracy. The low rotational transform results in a relatively simple coil set exhibiting low curvatures and comfortable clearance between adjacent coils. As another consequence, the maximum achievable plasma pressure will be limited to about 0.5%. An experiment along the lines proposed would allow an exploration of the confinement properties of a quasi‐axially symmetric configuration. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
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Keywords: | Stellarator quasi‐symmetry |
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