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Title: Approximate quasi-isodynamicity at a finite aspect ratio in a stellarator vacuum magnetic field

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics Reports
 [1];  [2]
  1. National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute (Russian Federation)
  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (Germany)

A stellarator vacuum field is found in which, at a finite aspect ratio (A ≈ 40), the contours of the second adiabatic invariant of nearly all particles reflected inside that surface are poloidally closed.

OSTI ID:
22472010
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 41, Issue 12; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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