A helically symmetric stellarator (HSX)

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1999 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.763074· OSTI ID:357683

Almagri, A F; Anderson, D T; Anderson, F S.B.; Probert, P H; Shohet, J L; Talmadge, J N ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Torsatron/Stellarator Lab.

The Helically Symmetric Experiment (HSX) is a quasi-helically symmetric (QHS) stellarator currently under construction at the Torsatron/Stellarator Laboratory of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This device is unique in its magnetic design in that the magnetic field spectrum possesses only a single dominant (helical) component. This design avoids the large direct orbit losses associated with conventional stellarators. The restoration of an ignorable coordinate in the confining magnetic field makes this device analogous to an axisymmetric q = 1/3 tokamak with respect to neoclassical confinement.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-93ER54222
• OSTI ID: 357683
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 27, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
STELLARATORS
DESIGN
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
HELICAL CONFIGURATION