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<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:10.1063/1.859916|D.A. Garren and A.H. Boozer, ''Existence of quasihelically symmetric stellarators'', Phys. Fluids B 3 (1991) 2822]]</ref>
This concept is part of the program of [[stellarator optimization]] (designing stellarators to have reduced transport, i.e., heat and particle losses).
This concept is part of the program of [[stellarator optimization]] (designing stellarators to have reduced transport, i.e., heat and particle losses).
<ref>[[doi:10.1088/0741-3335/55/12/125014|Iván Calvo et al, ''Stellarators close to quasisymmetry'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''55''' (2013) 125014]]</ref>


Types of quasisymmetry:
Types of quasisymmetry:

Revision as of 12:54, 27 January 2014

Quasisymmetric (quasihelically symmetric) plasma equilibria are non-axisymmetric configurations in which the magnetic field strength depends only on one angular coordinate within the magnetic flux surfaces. [1] This concept is part of the program of stellarator optimization (designing stellarators to have reduced transport, i.e., heat and particle losses). [2]

Types of quasisymmetry:

  • Quasihelical (QH) symmetry, on which the design of the HSX stellarator (operational) is based.[3]
  • Quasipoloidal (QP) symmetry, on which the design of the QPS stellarator (under construction) is based.[4]
  • Quasi-axisymmetry (QA), on which the design of the NCSX stellarator was based[5]

See also

References