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The Shafranov shift<ref>V.D. Shafranov, Atomnaya Énergiya '''13''' (1962) 521, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01312317 Translated ''Equilibrium of a toroidal pinch in a magnetic field'', At. Energy '''13''', 6 (1963) 1149]</ref> is the outward radial displacement ''&Delta;(r)'' of the centre of [[Flux surface|flux surfaces]] with [[Toroidal coordinates|minor radius]] ''r'', induced by plasma pressure.
The Shafranov shift<ref>V.D. Shafranov, Atomnaya Énergiya '''13''' (1962) 521, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01312317 Translated ''Equilibrium of a toroidal pinch in a magnetic field'', At. Energy '''13''', 6 (1963) 1149]</ref> is the outward radial displacement ''&Delta;(r)'' of the centre of [[Flux surface|flux surfaces]] with [[Toroidal coordinates|minor radius]] ''r'', induced by plasma pressure and the hoop force <ref>John Wesson, ''Tokamaks'', Clarendon Press (2004) ISBN 9780198509226</ref>.
Typically, the shift is linear <ref>J.P. Freidberg, ''Plasma physics and fusion energy'', Cambridge University Press (2007) ISBN 0521851076</ref> in [[Beta|beta (&beta;)]], and it tends to be more important for [[Tokamak|tokamaks]] than [[Stellarator|stellarators]],
Typically, the shift is linear <ref>J.P. Freidberg, ''Plasma physics and fusion energy'', Cambridge University Press (2007) ISBN 0521851076</ref> in [[Beta|beta (&beta;)]], and it tends to be more important for [[Tokamak|tokamaks]] than [[Stellarator|stellarators]],
due to the fact that the magnetic configuration is largely or partly imposed externally in the latter case.
due to the fact that the magnetic configuration is largely or partly imposed externally in the latter case.
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