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Omnigeneity (or omnigenity) is a property of the vacuum magnetic field such that the mean radial collisionless guiding center magnetic drift is zero.
Omnigeneity (or omnigenity) is a property of the vacuum magnetic field such that the mean radial collisionless guiding center magnetic drift is zero.
Thus, in a perfectly omnigenous field, all collisionless trajectories are confined.
Thus, in a perfectly omnigenous field, all collisionless trajectories are confined.
<ref>[[doi:10.1063/1.859916|D.A. Garren and A.H. Boozer, ''Existence of quasihelically symmetric stellarators'', Phys. Fluids B 3 (1991) 2822]]</ref>
<ref>[[doi:10.1063/1.3693187|M. Landreman and P.J. Catto, ''Omnigenity as generalized quasisymmetry'', Phys. Plasmas '''19''' (2012) 056103]]</ref>
<ref>[[doi:10.1063/1.3693187|M. Landreman and P.J. Catto, ''Omnigenity as generalized quasisymmetry'', Phys. Plasmas '''19''' (2012) 056103]]</ref>



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Omnigeneity (or omnigenity) is a property of the vacuum magnetic field such that the mean radial collisionless guiding center magnetic drift is zero. Thus, in a perfectly omnigenous field, all collisionless trajectories are confined. [1] [2]

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