A stellarator is a device that confines plasma using external magnets. Scientists researching magnetic confinement fusion aim to use stellarator devices...
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Wendelstein 7-X (redirect from Stellarator Wendelstein)
The Wendelstein 7-X (abbreviated W7-X) reactor is an experimental stellarator built in Greifswald, Germany, by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics...
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Magnetic confinement fusion (section Stellarators)
the plasma particles by applying strong magnetic fields. Tokamaks and stellarators are the two leading MCF device candidates as of today. Investigation...
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of fusion as an energy source. It is known for the development of the stellarator and tokamak designs, along with numerous fundamental advances in plasma...
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A quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarator is a type of stellarator (a magnetic confinement fusion reactor) that satisfies the property of omnigeneity, avoids...
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Wendelstein 7-AS (category Stellarators)
Wendelstein 7-AS (abbreviated W7-AS, for "Advanced Stellarator") was an experimental stellarator which was in operation from 1988 to 2002 by the Max Planck...
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The National Compact Stellarator Experiment, NCSX in short, was a magnetic fusion energy experiment based on the stellarator design being constructed...
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Divertor (section Stellarator divertors)
diverted configuration is a magnetic field configuration of a tokamak or a stellarator which separates the confined plasma from the material surface of the...
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List of fusion experiments (section Stellarator)
tokamak and the reversed field pinch (RFP), or asymmetric, like the stellarator. The additional degree of freedom gained by giving up toroidal symmetry...
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that wind around the torus in a helix. Devices like the z-pinch and stellarator had attempted this, but demonstrated serious instabilities. It was the...
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