Stellarator theory and stability

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6092160

Hitchon, W N.G.

This report summarizes our work in the past year on stellarator transport theory and stability. We have developed two methods of calculating diffusion rates due to ripple transport: a ''hybrid'' bounce-averaged/guiding-center Monte Carlo code, and a numerical method of solving the bounce-averaged Fokker-Planck equation. We have modified a one-dimensional transport code to describe the Wisconsin stellarator experiments and applied it to interpret experimental results, and we have studied stability in stellarators by writing a computer code which solves the linearized ''double-adiabatic'' equations as an initial value problem. 20 refs., 7 figs.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-85ER53201
• OSTI ID: 6092160
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/53201-1; ON: DE86008054
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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