Recent advances in the design of quasiaxisymmetric stellarator plasma configurations

A. Reiman; L. Ku; D. Monticello; S. Hirshman; S. Hudson; C. Kessel; E. Lazarus; D. Mikkelsen; M. Zarnstorff; L. A. Berry; A. Boozer; A. Brooks; W. A. Cooper; M. Drevlak; E. Fredrickson; G. Fu; R. Goldston; R. Hatcher; M. Isaev; C. Jun; S. Knowlton; J. Lewandowski; Z. Lin; J. F. Lyon; P. Merkel; M. Mikhailov; W. Miner; H. Mynick; G. Neilson; B. E. Nelson; C. Nührenberg; N. Pomphrey; M. Redi; W. Reiersen; P. Rutherford; R. Sanchez; J. Schmidt; D. Spong; D. Strickler; A. Subbotin; P. Valanju; R. White

doi:10.1063/1.1351826

Recent advances in the design of quasiaxisymmetric stellarator plasma configurations

A. Reiman
, L. Ku
, D. Monticello
, S. Hirshman
, S. Hudson
, C. Kessel
, E. Lazarus
, D. Mikkelsen
, M. Zarnstorff
, L. A. Berry
, A. Boozer
, A. Brooks
, W. A. Cooper
, M. Drevlak
, E. Fredrickson
, G. Fu
, R. Goldston
, R. Hatcher
, M. Isaev
, C. Jun

S. Knowlton, J. Lewandowski, Z. Lin, J. F. Lyon, P. Merkel, M. Mikhailov, W. Miner, H. Mynick, G. Neilson, B. E. Nelson, C. Nührenberg, N. Pomphrey, M. Redi, W. Reiersen, P. Rutherford, R. Sanchez, J. Schmidt, D. Spong, D. Strickler, A. Subbotin, P. Valanju, R. White

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Strategies for the improvement of quasiaxisymmetric stellarator configurations are explored. Calculations of equilibrium flux surfaces for candidate configurations are also presented. One optimization strategy is found to generate configurations with improved neoclassical confinement, simpler coils with lower current density, and improved flux surface quality relative to previous designs. The flux surface calculations find significant differences in the extent of islands and stochastic regions between candidate configurations. (These calculations do not incorporate the predicted beneficial effects of perturbed bootstrap currents.) A method is demonstrated for removing low order islands from candidate configurations by relatively small modifications of the configuration. One configuration is identified as having particularly desirable properties for a proposed experiment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2083-2094
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	8
Issue number	5 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1351826
State	Published - May 2001
Event	42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics - Quebec, Que, Canada Duration: Oct 23 2000 → Oct 27 2000

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Reiman, A., Ku, L., Monticello, D., Hirshman, S., Hudson, S., Kessel, C., Lazarus, E., Mikkelsen, D., Zarnstorff, M., Berry, L. A., Boozer, A., Brooks, A., Cooper, W. A., Drevlak, M., Fredrickson, E., Fu, G., Goldston, R., Hatcher, R., Isaev, M., ... White, R. (2001). Recent advances in the design of quasiaxisymmetric stellarator plasma configurations. Physics of Plasmas, 8(5 II), 2083-2094. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1351826

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