2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
AGNI: A differentiable MHD stability solver & optimizer for magnetic confinement fusion devices
Rahul Gaur, Sanket Patil, Prateek Gupta +2
The existence of an ideal MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD) equilibrium does not guarantee its stability. Finite toroidal mode number (n) instabilities degrade performance in both tokamaks…
physics.plasm-ph2026
Semi-Implicit Stellarator Magnetohydrodynamics with Nodal Spectral Elements
C. R. Sovinec, S. A. Patil, J. V. Cauilan
Nonlinear time-dependent computation of macroscale dynamics in stellarators is motivated by laboratory results showing the possibility of robust operation in conditions where magne…