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stellarator
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stellarator [ˈstɛləˌreɪtə]
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics an apparatus used in research into thermonuclear reactions, consisting of a toroidal vessel designed so that a plasma may be contained within it by a helical magnetic field. The magnetic field is produced by current carrying coils
[from stellar + (gener)ator]


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Currently two types of fusion devices are being built -- tokamaks and stellarators.
The reliability of the code has been established by using it to study zero pressure stellarators where islands are known to exist in equilibria found by solving the Laplace equation.
uk Sep 22-27 Alushta 2008 International Conference and 3rd Workshoop on Electric Fields in Stellarators and Tokamaks.
 
 
 
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