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[[File:Divertors.png|300px|thumb|right|Sketch of divertor types: single and double null tokamak divertors (toroidally symmetric), and island divertor. From <ref name="Feng">[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/46/8/006  Y. Feng, F. Sardei, P. Grigull, K. McCormick, J. Kisslinger and D. Reiter, ''Physics of island divertors as highlighted by the example of W7-AS'', Nucl. Fusion '''46''' (2006) 807]</ref>.]]
A divertor configuration is a magnetic field configuration in which the toroidally confined (plasma) region is separated from the outside world by a [[Separatrix|separatrix]] -
A divertor configuration is a magnetic field configuration in which the toroidally confined (plasma) region is separated from the outside world by a [[Separatrix|separatrix]] -
as opposed to a limiter configuration in which the plasma's Last Closed Magnetic Surface is determined by the intersection of field lines by a material object.
as opposed to a limiter configuration in which the plasma's Last Closed Magnetic Surface is determined by the intersection of field lines by a material object.


The divertor is the material structure intersecting the 'outgoing legs' of the magnetic separatrix surface.
The divertor is the material structure intersecting the 'outgoing legs' of the magnetic separatrix surface.
One can distinguish '[[Tokamak|tokamak]] divertors' (characterised by toroidal symmetry and one or two X-points or 'nulls') and 'island divertors' (for stellarators).
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== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Flux surface]]
* [[Flux surface]]
== References ==
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