Ellipticity: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 15:44, 11 June 2014
The ellipticity refers to the shape of the poloidal cross section of the Last Closed Flux surface or separatrix of a tokamak. It is defined as the total vertical height of the cross section (2b) divided by the total horizontal width of the cross section (2a).