ESTELL: A Quasi‐Toroidally Symmetric Stellarator. Issue 6 (18th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Drevlak, M.; Brochard, F.; Helander, P.; Kisslinger, J.; Mikhailov, M.; Nührenberg, C.; Nührenberg, J.; Turkin, Y.
• Is Part Of: Contributions to plasma physics. Volume 53:Issue 6(2013)
• Page Start: 459
• Page End: 468
• Publication Date: 2013-03-18
• Subjects: Plasma (Ionized gases) -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.44
• DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.201200055
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0863-1042

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>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 &amp; Co. KGaA, Weinheim)</p> </abstract>