7 papers
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 (…
Optical analogy for stellarators: Ridges as caustics and coils as singularities
Wrick Sengupta, Stefan Buller, Rogerio Jorge +7
A common feature of most numerically optimized stellarator geometries is the presence of sharp ridges on outer flux surfaces, irrespective of the rotational transform. Despite thei…
Statistical equilibrium model for stellarators
Maximilian Ruth, Joshua W. Burby, Wrick Sengupta +1
In three dimensional toroidal domains without symmetry, the standard magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium model used for magnetic confinement fusion does not generally support smo…
Forced Reconnection in Voigt-Regularized MHD
Andrew Brown, Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee
Forced reconnection in Voigt-regularized MHD is investigated in the Hahm-Kulsrud-Taylor problem. It is shown that Voigt regularization introduces an early linear phase of reconnect…
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…
Computation of Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria with Voigt Regularization
Yi-Min Huang, Justin Kin Jun Hew, Andrew Brown +1
This work presents the first numerical investigation of using Voigt regularization as a method for obtaining magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibria without the assumption of nested m…