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Add a figure with simple illustrations of Shafranov shift, elongation, triangularity, and squareness.
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[[File:Geometry.png|400px|thumb|right|Sketch of tokamak geometry]] | [[File:Geometry.png|400px|thumb|right|Sketch of tokamak geometry]] | ||
[[File:Cross_section_1shift_2elong_3triang_4square.png|400px|thumb|right|Illustration of the m=1,2,3, and 4 perturbations to a tokamak plasma cross section. Ellipticity/elongation is the m=2 perturbation (second from the left).]] | |||
The ellipticity (also referred to as elongation<ref name="Luce2013">T.C. Luce, [[doi:10.1088/0741-3335/55/9/095009|Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''55''' (2013) 095009 ]]</ref>) refers to the shape of the poloidal cross section of the Last Closed [[Flux surface]] or [[separatrix]] of a [[tokamak]]. | The ellipticity (also referred to as elongation<ref name="Luce2013">T.C. Luce, [[doi:10.1088/0741-3335/55/9/095009|Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''55''' (2013) 095009 ]]</ref>) refers to the shape of the poloidal cross section of the Last Closed [[Flux surface]] or [[separatrix]] of a [[tokamak]]. | ||