3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
A tutorial on inversion-based shape control with design application to NSTX-U
J. T. Wai, M. D. Boyer, D. J. Battaglia +5
One of the most common designs for magnetic control in tokamaks is to ``linearize an equilibrium'' to obtain a sensitivity mapping, then invert this mapping in order to determine t…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Feedforward equilibrium trajectory optimization with GSPulse
J. T. Wai, M. D. Boyer, D. J. Battaglia +5
One of the common tasks required for designing new plasma scenarios or evaluating capabilities of a tokamak is to design the desired equilibria using a Grad-Shafranov (GS) equilibr…
physics.plasm-ph2024
Implications of Vertical Stability Control on the SPARC Tokamak
A. O. Nelson, D. T. Garnier, D. J. Battaglia +5
To achieve its performance goals, SPARC plans to operate in equilibrium configurations with a strong elongation of , destabilizing the vertical inst…