Forum of Small Stellarators

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

Meetings

• 24th International Stellarator Heliotron Workshop, Hiroshima, Japan, September 2024
• Simons Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy Retreat, Madison, Wisconsin, July 2025