Design of simple stellarator using tilted toroidal field coils

TL;DR

This paper presents a simplified stellarator design using tilted toroidal field coils that generate the necessary magnetic field configuration, improving particle confinement and flux surface clarity.

Contribution

The study introduces a novel simple coil set design with tilted coils to realize stellarator fields, demonstrating effective flux surface formation and improved particle confinement.

Findings

Clear and nested flux surfaces confirmed.

Rotational transform proportional to coil tilting angle.

Enhanced particle confinement with moderate tilting angles.

Abstract

This paper deals with the design of the stellarator field with the simple coil set. In order to realize the stellarator field by the simple coil set, the tilted toroidal field coil uses for creating the rotational transform. Sixteen tilted TF coils create the small radial field and large vertical field. With reducing the vertical field of the tilted toroidal field coil by the axisymmetric poloidal field coil, the stellarator field can be made. The formation of clear and nested flux surfaces is confirmed, and the rotational transform is proportional to the tilting angle of the toroidal field coil. Main components of the magnetic field for the simple stellarator in this paper are the large mirror ripple and small helical ripple. This is a similar property to the quasi-isodynamic configuration like the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. The collisionless orbit for the proton is studied. For a moderate tilting angle of the toroidal field coil, the confinement of the passing and trapped particles improves.