Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field to better than 1:100,000

Wendelstein 7-X Team

doi:10.1038/ncomms13493

Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field to better than 1:100,000

Wendelstein 7-X Team

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
Greifswald University
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Technical University of Berlin
Eindhoven University of Technology
CIEMAT
Wigner Research Centre for Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
The Australian National University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of Maryland, College Park
Instituto Superior Técnico
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Universitat Innsbruck
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma Piero Caldirola
University of Szczecin
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
National Institute for Fusion Science
Technische Universität Graz
Lawrence University, Appleton
Austrian Academy of Science
Institute for Nuclear Research
University of Opole
Aalto University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati
University of Cagliari
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Auburn University

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Abstract

Fusion energy research has in the past 40 years focused primarily on the tokamak concept, but recent advances in plasma theory and computational power have led to renewed interest in stellarators. The largest and most sophisticated stellarator in the world, Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X), has just started operation, with the aim to show that the earlier weaknesses of this concept have been addressed successfully, and that the intrinsic advantages of the concept persist, also at plasma parameters approaching those of a future fusion power plant. Here we show the first physics results, obtained before plasma operation: that the carefully tailored topology of nested magnetic surfaces needed for good confinement is realized, and that the measured deviations are smaller than one part in 100,000. This is a significant step forward in stellarator research, since it shows that the complicated and delicate magnetic topology can be created and verified with the required accuracy.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Aufsatznummer	13493
Fachzeitschrift	Nature Communications
Jahrgang	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13493
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 30 Nov. 2016

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