Helical post stellarator. Part 1: Vacuum configuration
Description
Results on a novel type of stellarator configuration, the Helical Post Stellarator (HPS), are presented. This configuration is different significantly from all previously known stellarators due to its unique geometrical characteristics and unique physical properties. Among those are: the magnetic field has only one toroidal period (M = 1), the plasma has an extremely low aspect ratio, A ∼ 1, and the variation of the magnetic field, B, along field lines features a helical ripple on the inside of the torus. Among the main advantages of a HPS for a fusion program are extremely compact, modular, and simple design compatible with significant rotational transform, large plasma volume, and improved particle transport characteristics
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Available from INIS in electronic form and/or on microfiche ; Also available from OSTI as DE98000439; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 36 p.
- Report number
- UW-CPTC--97-15
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 29024815
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASPECT RATIO; DESIGN; MAGNET COILS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MODULAR STRUCTURES; NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT THEORY; STELLARATORS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT THEORY; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TRANSPORT THEORY
Optional Information
- Funding organization
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States).