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== Flux coordinates == | == Flux coordinates == | ||
A flux coordinate set is one that includes a [[Flux surface|flux surface]] label as a coordinate. A flux surface label is a function that is constant and single valued on each flux surface. In our naming of the general curvilinear coordinates we have already adopted the usual flux coordinate convention for toroidal equilibrium with nested flux surfaces | A flux coordinate set is one that includes a [[Flux surface|flux surface]] label as a coordinate. A flux surface label is a function that is constant and single valued on each flux surface. In our naming of the general curvilinear coordinates we have already adopted the usual flux coordinate convention for toroidal equilibrium with nested flux surfaces, where <math>\psi</math> is the flux surface label and <math>\theta, \phi</math> are <math>2\pi</math>-periodic poloidal and toroidal-like angles. | ||
Different flux surface labels can be chosen like toroidal <math>(\Psi_{tor})</math> or poloidal <math>(\Psi_{pol})</math> magnetic fluxes or the volume contained within the flux surface <math>V</math>. By single valued we mean to ensure that any flux label <math>\psi_1 = f(\psi_2)</math> is a monotonous function of any other flux label <math>\psi_2</math>, so that the function <math>f</math> is invertible at least in a volume containing the region of interest. We will denote a generic flux surface label by <math>\psi</math>. | Different flux surface labels can be chosen like toroidal <math>(\Psi_{tor})</math> or poloidal <math>(\Psi_{pol})</math> magnetic fluxes or the volume contained within the flux surface <math>V</math>. By single valued we mean to ensure that any flux label <math>\psi_1 = f(\psi_2)</math> is a monotonous function of any other flux label <math>\psi_2</math>, so that the function <math>f</math> is invertible at least in a volume containing the region of interest. We will denote a generic flux surface label by <math>\psi</math>. | ||