9 papers
The Geometry of Flux Surfaces with Quasi-Poloidal Symmetry
Rishin Madan, Wrick Sengupta, Elizabeth J. Paul +4
Quasi-poloidal (QP) magnetic fields have desirable properties for confining plasma: no radial drift of guiding centres (with positive implications for neoclassical transport), zero…
Compact quasiaxisymmetric stellarators, a near axisymmetric theory
Wrick Sengupta, Rogerio Jorge, Nikita Nikulsin +4
We develop a theory of ridges in compact stellarators with quasiaxisymmetry (QA). The equilibrium with finite plasma currents and pressure is modeled by ideal magnetohydrostatics (…
Periodic Korteweg-de Vries soliton potentials generate quasisymmetric magnetic fields
W. Sengupta, N. Nikulsin, S. Buller +6
Quasisymmetry (QS) is a hidden symmetry of the magnetic field strength, B, that effectively confines charged particles in a three-dimensional toroidal plasma equilibrium. Here, we…
A class of high-beta, large-aspect-ratio quasiaxisymmetric Palumbo-like configurations
Andrew Brown, Wrick Sengupta, Nikita Nikulsin +1
The space of high-beta, approximately quasiaxisymmetric, large-aspect-ratio stellarator configurations is explored using an inverse coordinate approach and a quadratic polynomial a…
Periodic Korteweg-de Vries soliton potentials generate quasisymmetric magnetic field strength in a finite plasma-beta equilibrium
W. Sengupta, R. Madan, S. Buller +6
Quasisymmetry (QS) is a hidden symmetry of the magnetic field strength, B, that enables effective confinement of charged particles in a fully three-dimensional (3D) toroidal plasma…
Global Stellarator Coil Optimization with Quadratic Constraints and Objectives
Lanke Fu, Elizabeth J. Paul, Alan A. Kaptanoglu +1
Most present stellarator designs are produced by costly two-stage optimization: the first for an optimized equilibrium, and the second for a coil design reproducing its magnetic co…