2013•Plasma and Fusion ResearchOpen access

Configuration Optimization of a Planar-Axis Stellarator with a Reduced Shafranov Shift

Shoichi OKAMURA

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Magnetic configurations of LHD experiment are analyzed based on the Fourier modes of the plasma boundary shapes. It was found that a small number of Fourier modes is sufficient to determine the confinement characteristics of different configurations with the magnetic axis shift of LHD. A new configuration is proposed with adifferent combination of Fourier modes, which has good particle orbits and a favorable property of high beta equilibrium. This solution has a smaller Shafranov shift than the inward-shifted configuration of LHD.

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Key concepts: Stellarator, Large Helical Device, Physics, Plasma, Fourier series, Fourier analysis, Fourier transform, Boundary (topology)