Results from helical axis stellarators
Date
2001-05
Authors
Blackwell, B. D.
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American Institute of Physics
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Helical axis stellarators produce magnetic surfaces of high rotational transform and moderate shear
solely by means of external currents, with the promise of high b. Several machines with quite
different toroidal, helical, and ‘‘bumpy’’ Fourier components of magnetic field are now producing
results, including high quality magnetic surfaces, confinement mode transitions, configuration
studies, and confinement consistent with International Stellarator Scaling ~ISS95! scaling up to
Te;2 keV. These devices permit concept evaluation over an unprecedented configuration space,
and allow basic comparisons with those designed by established and alternative optimization
strategies.
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Physics of Plasmas
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