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J L Velasco¹, I Calvo¹, F J Escoto¹

¹Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, <a href="https://ror.org/05xx77y52">CIEMAT</a>, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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New magnetic fields for fusion reactors allow for tokamak-like energy transport. This research broadens options for stellarator fusion reactor designs by relaxing constraints on magnetic field configurations.

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Area of Science:

Plasma Physics
Fusion Energy
Magnetic Confinement Fusion

Background:

Omnigenous magnetic fields offer excellent plasma confinement for fusion energy.
Achieving omnigenity in stellarators requires complex magnetic field variations and plasma shapes.
Existing designs face constraints that limit the exploration of reactor-relevant configurations.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel family of optimized magnetic fields for fusion reactors.
To investigate magnetic fields that balance confinement with broader design flexibility.
To explore configurations that deviate from strict omnigenity while maintaining desirable transport properties.

Main Methods:

Development of a new class of optimized magnetic field configurations.
Analysis of particle transport properties within these novel fields.
Comparison of transport characteristics with traditional stellarator and tokamak designs.

Main Results:

Introduced magnetic fields exhibiting tokamak-like collisional energy transport.
Demonstrated the presence of transitioning particles, a feature typically absent in omnigenous configurations.
Identified configurations that relax the stringent spatial variation constraints of omnigenity.

Conclusions:

The new magnetic field configurations significantly broaden the design space for stellarator fusion reactors.
These findings offer a pathway to more accessible and potentially simpler reactor designs.
This research facilitates the exploration of novel magnetic confinement approaches for fusion energy.