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The Wendelstein 7-AS (Advanced Stellarator) is located at the Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) in Garching, Germany.
[[File:Garching Experiment Wendelstein 7-AS.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wendelstein 7-AS]]
The Wendelstein 7-AS (Advanced Stellarator) is located at the [http://www.ipp.mpg.de/ Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)] in Garching, Germany.
<ref>[[doi:10.1088/0741-3335/50/5/053001|M. Hirsch, J. Baldzuhn, C. Beidler, et al., ''Major results from the stellarator Wendelstein 7-AS'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''50''' (2008) 053001]]</ref>
<ref>[[doi:10.1088/0741-3335/50/5/053001|M. Hirsch, J. Baldzuhn, C. Beidler, et al., ''Major results from the stellarator Wendelstein 7-AS'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''50''' (2008) 053001]]</ref>
Its operation ended in July, 2002; its successor is the [[W7-X]] stellarator.
It has been operated from 1988 to July, 2002; its successor is the [[W7-X]] stellarator.


== Main parameters ==
== Main parameters ==
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!''Parameter'' !!''Value''
!''Parameter'' !!''Value''
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|Major radius, R<sub>0</sub> (m) || 2
|Major radius, R<sub>0</sub> || 2 m
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|Minor radius, a (m) || &le; 0.18  
|Minor radius, a || &le; 0.18 m
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|Periodicity || 5
|Periodicity || 5
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|Toroidal field, B<sub>T</sub> (T) || &le; 3  
|Nr. of coils || 45
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|Plasma volume || 1 m<sup>3</sup>
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|Toroidal field, B<sub>T</sub> || &le; 3 T
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|[[Rotational transform]] || 0.25 &le; &iota;(a)/2&pi; &le; 0.7  
|[[Rotational transform]] || 0.25 &le; &iota;(a)/2&pi; &le; 0.7  
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|Heating || 5.6 MW
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|Pulse length || 5 s
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