Single-Stage Stellarator Optimization: Combining Coils with Fixed Boundary Equilibria
arXiv:2302.10622 · doi:10.1088/1361-6587/acd957
Abstract
We introduce a novel approach for the simultaneous optimization of plasma physics and coil engineering objectives using fixed-boundary equilibria that is computationally efficient and applicable to a broad range of vacuum and finite plasma pressure scenarios. Our approach treats the plasma boundary and coil shapes as independently optimized variables, penalizing the mismatch between the two using a quadratic flux term in the objective function. Four use cases are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach, including simple and complex stellarator geometries. As shown here, this method outperforms previous 2-stage approaches, achieving smaller plasma objective function values when coils are taken into account.
arXiv comment23 pages, 7 figures
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