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reflecting the symmetry of the design of the external magnetic field coils generating the configuration, and | reflecting the symmetry of the design of the external magnetic field coils generating the configuration, and | ||
not an ''inherent'' (natural) symmetry of stellarator plasmas. | not an ''inherent'' (natural) symmetry of stellarator plasmas. | ||
<ref> | <ref>R.L. Dewar, S.R. Hudson, ''Stellarator symmetry'', [[doi:10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00216-9|Physica D, '''112''' (1998) 275]]</ref> | ||
Therefore, it has the same status as [[axisymmetry]] in [[tokamak]]s. | Therefore, it has the same status as [[axisymmetry]] in [[tokamak]]s. | ||