Forum of Small Stellarators: Difference between revisions

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The Forum of Small Stellarators is a voluntary and informal group of scientists interested in research with small stellarators. "Small" is deliberately undefined, but usually applies to devices that are not pushing the frontiers of performance.

Motivation

There is renewed global interest in small, affordable, student-oriented stellarators.
Small projects have less people/resources, inherent difficulties due to small size, but great potential to benefit from shared experience.

Goal

This Forum should be a resource to discuss:

compelling physics questions (not pushing $nT\tau$ )
engineering tips and hardware choices
diagnostic challenges in small devices
experiment configuration and design
cross-device comparisons

Activities

Email list: to join, send "subscribe" to forum-of-small-stellarators-request at ipp.mpg.de
- Archive available here
Irregular meetings

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+The Forum of Small Stellarators is a voluntary and informal group of scientists interested in research with small stellarators. "Small" is deliberately undefined, but usually applies to devices that are not pushing the frontiers of performance.
 == Motivation ==
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 == Activities ==
-* Email list: to join, send "subscribe" to forum-of-small-stellarators at ipp.mpg.de
+* Email list: to join, send "subscribe" to forum-of-small-stellarators-request at ipp.mpg.de
 ** Archive [https://listserv.gwdg.de/pipermail/forum-of-small-stellarators/ available here]
 * Irregular meetings
 == Meetings ==
-[[FoSS: ISHW2024|24th ISHW, Hiroshima, Japan, September 2024]]
+* [[FoSS: ISHW2024|24th International Stellarator Heliotron Workshop, Hiroshima, Japan, September 2024]]
+* [[FoSS: HiddenSymmetries2025|Simons Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy Retreat, Madison, Wisconsin, July 2025]]