Published April 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Three-dimensional stellarator equilibrium as an Ohmic steady state

  • 1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Description

A stable three-dimensional stellarator equilibrium can be obtained numerically by a time-dependent relaxation method using small values of dissipation. The final state is an Ohmic steady state which approaches an Ohmic equilibrium in the limit of small dissipation coefficients. A method to speed up the relaxation process and a method to implement the Bxdelp = 0 condition are described. These methods are applied to obtain three-dimensional heliac equilibria using the reduced heliac equations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Fluids
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
1171-1175
ISSN
0031-9171
CODEN
PFLDA