Stellarators with the magnetic symmetry of a tokamak
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- 1 July 1996
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 3 (7) , 2483-2485
Abstract
To meet the requirements of the U.S. Stellarator Power Plant Study, a Modular Helias‐like Heliac (MHH) configuration was developed that has features in common with a quasihelically symmetric experiment proposed at the University of Wisconsin [D. Anderson and P. Garabedian, Nucl. Fusion 34, 881 (1994)]. Improvements have been made in the design of the MHH that raise the β limit, increase the confinement time, and simplify the geometry of the coils. In particular, specifications have been found for a stellarator with just two field periods that has a magnetic field spectrum Bmn close to axial symmetry. This configuration has physical properties that make it an interesting candidate for a follow‐on experiment to assess the equilibrium, stability and transport of advanced stellarators.Keywords
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