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Stellarators

Journal Article · · Fusion Science and Technology
OSTI ID:20849649
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  1. Max-Planck Institut fuer Plasmaphysik (Germany)

Stellarators are toroidal devices where the required rotational transform of the magnetic field lines is generated by external field coils and not via an induced net toroidal plasma current. This confinement scheme has the advantages that, in principle, steady-state plasma operation is possible and that it does not have to brace itself against disruptions of a toroidal plasma current. At the cost of having to give up toroidal symmetry the properties of the stellarator field can be tailored to suit reactor needs. Research focuses on the plasma confinement properties of different stellarator fields and investigates the problems arising when one extrapolates to reactor parameters.

OSTI ID:
20849649
Journal Information:
Fusion Science and Technology, Journal Name: Fusion Science and Technology Journal Issue: 2T Vol. 45; ISSN 1536-1055
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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