Magnetic field strength of toroidal plasma equilibria
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
- Vol. 3 (10), 2805-2821
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859915
Abstract
The confinement and stability properties of toroidal plasma equilibria are largely determined by the strength of the magnetic field expressed in terms of Boozer coordinates. Constraints due to the toroidicity of the configuration and the divergence‐free property of the magnetic field limit the freedom in the Taylor series expansion of the magnetic field strength. Such field strength constraints limit the variety of desirable three‐dimensional plasma equilibria that are available to the fusion program.Keywords
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