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6 papers

physics.plasm-ph2026

Feasibility of a Flexible, Hybrid Tokamak-Stellarator Experiment using an Axisymmetric Dipole Coil Array

Jacob Halpern, Mohammed Haque, Elizabeth Paul +5

We demonstrate the design of a flexible, university-scale hybrid tokamak-stellarator experiment based on an axisymmetric array of planar HTS dipole coils. Because the coil array ha…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Compact Experimental Negative TriAngUlarity Reactor (CENTAUR): A design study for a compact, affordable breakeven tokamak

The CENTAUR Collaboration, Samuel W. Freiberger, Evan Bursch +33

This work presents the compact experimental negative triangularity reactor (CENTAUR), a low overnight cost, high-field tokamak, breakeven reactor design, achieving a predicted tota…

physics.plasm-ph2026

SPARC Tokamak Error Field Expectations and Physics-Based Correction Coil Design

N. C. Logan, C. E. Myers, R. Sweeney +6

Non-axisymmetric magnetic field coils have been designed to provide efficient error field correction and suppress edge localized modes in SPARC - a compact high-field tokamak that…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Determining the Validity of Tokamak Perturbed Equilibrium Modeling Using Nonlinear Equilibria

J. Halpern, N. C. Logan, E. Paul +1

The prediction of perturbed equilibrium models for tokamaks with small 3D fields is strongly dependent on which reference frame for axisymmetry is assumed - for example, the toroid…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Reactor-scale stellarators with force and torque minimized dipole coils

Alan A. Kaptanoglu, Alexander Wiedman, Jacob Halpern +3

In this work, we utilize new coil objectives for stellarator optimization with autodifferentiation, including pointwise and net coil-coil forces and torques. We use these methods t…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Enhancing Stellarator Accessibility through Port Size Optimization

A. Baillod, E. J. Paul, T. Elder +1

Access to the plasma chamber in a stellarator reactor is essential for maintenance and diagnostics. However, the complex geometry of stellarator coils, often characterized by their…