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Method and apparatus for maintaining equilibrium in a helical axis stellarator

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OSTI ID:5597397

Apparatus for maintaining three-dimensional MHD equilibrium in a plasma contained in a helical axis stellarator includes a resonant coil system, having a configuration such that current therethrough generates a magnetic field cancelling the resonant magnetic field produced by currents driven by the plasma pressure on any given flux surface resonating with the rotational transform of another flux surface in the plasma. Current through the resonant coil system is adjusted as a function of plasma beta.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
Assignee:
to Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
None
Application Number:
ON: DE85011626
OSTI ID:
5597397
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English