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Title: Determination of 3D Equilibria from Flux Surface Knowledge Only

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/792586· OSTI ID:792586

We show that the method of Christiansen and Taylor, from which complete tokamak equilibria can be determined given only knowledge of the shape of the flux surfaces, can be extended to 3-dimensional equilibria, such as those of stellarators. As for the tokamak case, the given geometric knowledge has a high degree of redundancy, so that the full equilibrium can be obtained using only a small portion of that information.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
792586
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3628; TRN: US0200785
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 12 Nov 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English