Flexible heliac configuration

Technical Report · Sun Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5800899· OSTI ID:5800899

Harris, J. H.; Cantrell, J. L.; Hender, T. C.; Carreras, B. A.; Morris, R. N.

The addition of an l = 1 helical winding to the heliac central conductor adds a significant degree of flexibility to the configuration by making it possible to control the rotational transform and shear. Such control is essential for an experiment because the presence of low-order resonances in the rotational transform profile can cause breakup of the equilibrium magnetic surfaces. The use of the additional winding also permits reduction of the total central conductor current and can deepen the magnetic well.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5800899
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-9504; ON: DE85009671
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIPMENT
HELICAL CONFIGURATION
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MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
MAGNETIC SURFACES
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SHEAR
STELLARATORS
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