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Robust stellarator optimization via flat mirror magnetic fields

Nuclear Fusion, 2023
Stellarator magnetic configurations need to be optimized in order to meet all the required properties of a fusion reactor. In this work, it is shown that a flat-mirror quasi-isodynamic (QI) configuration (i.e.
J.L. Velasco, I. Calvo, E. Sánchez, F.I. Parra   +3 more
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Optimizing stellarators for large flows [PDF]

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2014
Plasma flow is damped in stellarators because they are not intrinsically ambipolar, unlike tokamaks, in which the flux-surface averaged radial electric current vanishes for any value of the radial electric field. Only quasisymmetric stellarators are intrinsically ambipolar, but exact quasisymmetry is impossible to achieve in non-axisymmetric toroidal ...
Calvo, Iván, Parra, Felix I, Alonso, J Arturo, Velasco, José Luis   +3 more
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An adjoint method for neoclassical stellarator optimization [PDF]

Journal of Plasma Physics, 2019
Stellarators are a promising route to steady-state fusion power. However, to achieve the required confinement, the magnetic geometry must be highly optimized. This optimization requires navigating high-dimensional spaces, often necessitating the use of gradient-based methods.
Elizabeth J. Paul, Ian G. Abel, Matt Landreman, William Dorland   +3 more
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Perturbing an axisymmetric magnetic equilibrium to obtain a quasi-axisymmetric stellarator

, 2020
It is demonstrated that finite-pressure, approximately quasi-axisymmetric stellarator equilibria can be directly constructed (without numerical optimization) via perturbations of given axisymmetric equilibria.
Plunk, G. G.
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An Enhanced Evaluation Method of Sequential Probability Ratio Test

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Accurate event detection has high priority in many technical applications. Events in acquired data series, their duration, and statistical parameters provide useful information about the observed system and about its current state. This information can be used for condition monitoring, state identification, and many kinds of forecasting as well.
Gabor Gardonyi, Gabor Por, Krisztian Samu, Akhil Garg   +3 more
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Experimental and numerical study of error fields in the CNT stellarator

, 2016
Sources of error fields were indirectly inferred in a stellarator by reconciling computed and numerical flux surfaces. Sources considered so far include the displacements and tilts (but not the deformations, yet) of the four circular coils featured in ...
Anichowski, A., Brenner, P. W., Hammond, K. C., Pedersen, T. S., Raftopoulos, S., Traverso, P., Volpe, F. A.   +6 more
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Design of transverse magnetic field sweeping solenoids for 140 GHz mega‐watt gyrotrons

The Journal of Engineering, Volume 2018, Issue 14, Page 682-685, 2018., 2018
As the overlarge power density at the collector of mega‐watt (MW) gyrotrons limits the increase in their average output power and pulse width, transverse magnetic field sweeping solenoids (TMFSS) with periodical changing magnetic field have been designed for a 140 GHz MW gyrotron developed and tested at Beijing Vacuum Electronics Research Institute ...
Xu Zeng, Bentian Liu, Jinjun Feng
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Suppression of non-axisymmetric field-induced α-particle loss channels in a quasi-axisymmetric stellarator

AIP Advances, 2022
In future fusion reactors, the confinement of α-particles is a crucial issue. The perfect omnigenity may be difficult to achieve in the quasi-isodynamic and quasi-symmetric stellarators when a multi-objective optimization is considered.
Yichao Zhang, Haifeng Liu, Jie Huang, Yuhong Xu, Jian Zhang, Akihiro Shimizu, Shinsuke Satake, Mitsutaka Isobe, Xianqu Wang, Jun Cheng, Hai Liu, Xin Zhang, Changjian Tang   +12 more
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Quasi-symmetry in Stellarator Research 2. New Trend of Hellcal System Research [PDF]

, 2002
New trend is described on the basis of previous and on-going achievements. Magnetic shear is effective to stabilize ideal interchange modes, on the other hand magnetic well is needed for stabilization of resistive modes and micro-instabilities.
MATSUOKA Keisuke
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Stellarator optimization with constraints

Journal of Plasma Physics
In this work we consider the problem of optimizing a stellarator subject to hard constraints on the design variables and physics properties of the equilibrium. We survey current numerical methods for handling these constraints, and summarize a number of methods from the wider optimization community that have not been used extensively for stellarator ...
Rory Conlin, Patrick Kim, Daniel W. Dudt, Dario Panici, Egemen Kolemen   +4 more
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