Energetic particle optimization of quasi-axisymmetric stellarator equilibria

An important goal of stellarator optimization is to achieve good confinement of energetic particles such as, in the case of a reactor, alphas created by deuterium–tritium fusion. In this work, a fixed-boundary stellarator equilibrium was re-optimized for energetic particle confinement via a two-step...

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Main Authors: Alexandra LeViness, John C. Schmitt, Samuel A. Lazerson, Aaron Bader, Benjamin J. Faber, Kenneth C. Hammond, David A. Gates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Nuclear Fusion
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aca4e3