7 papers
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…
A proof-of-concept for automated AI-driven stellarator coil optimization with in-the-loop finite-element calculations
Alan A. Kaptanoglu, Pedro F. Gil
Finding feasible coils for stellarator fusion devices is a critical challenge of realizing this concept for future power plants. Years of research work can be put into the design o…
Designing A Buildable Optimized Stellarator to Confine Electron-Positron Plasmas
Pedro F. Gil, Jason Smoniewski, Paul Huslage +7
In this paper, the design of the the plasma equilibrium and superconducting coils for the Electrons and Positrons in an Optimized Stellarator EPOS experiment is presented. With new…
Stochastic single-stage stellarator optimization using fixed-boundary equilibria
Pedro F. Gil, Jason Smoniewski, Rogerio Jorge +2
In this paper, single-stage stellarator optimization is combined with stochastic coil optimization to improve the robustness of the stellarator as compared to deterministic methods…
Efficient Computation of Stellarator Coils with an Augmented Lagrangian Optimization Method
Pedro F. Gil, Weiping Li, Julianne Stratton +2
Finding feasible coils for stellarator fusion devices is a critical challenge of realizing this concept for future power plants. Current design efforts struggle to navigate the hig…
Manufacturing Tolerances of Non-Planar Coils for an Optimized Tabletop Stellarator
Pedro F. Gil, Vitali Brack, Tristan Schuler +2
Stellarator coils are known for their complexity and departure from planarity, along with tight manufacturing tolerances in order to achieve the target magnetic field accuracy. The…