Abstract
A variational spectral method is developed for toroidal equilibria with imperfect flux surfaces. The method uses a representation of the magnetic field in terms of generalized flux coordinates which is predicted on the existence of a neighbouring field with perfect surfaces. Given that several variational spectral codes for three-dimensional toroidal equilibria with perfect surfaces already exist, it is argued that the present method may be implemented without much difficulty.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 003 |
| Pages (from-to) | 977-990 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics