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Quasi-helical symmetry at finite aspect ratio

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Computational stellarator optimization is used to create a configuration which is quasi-helically symmetric at finite aspect ratio. For the aspect ratio per period chosen (∼2), this procedure results in benign properties throughout the plasma volume.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-17491, Greifswald, Germany

    C. Nührenberg & J. Nührenberg

  2. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    M. I. Mikhailov & V. D. Shafranov

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Original Russian Text © C. Nührenberg, M.I. Mikhailov, J. Nührenberg, V.D. Shafranov, 2010, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 602–606.

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Nührenberg, C., Mikhailov, M.I., Nührenberg, J. et al. Quasi-helical symmetry at finite aspect ratio. Plasma Phys. Rep. 36, 558–562 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X10070032

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