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Vacuum magnetic fields with exact quasisymmetry near a flux surface. Part 1. Solutions near an axisymmetric surface

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2021

Wrick Sengupta Open the ORCID record for Wrick Sengupta [Opens in a new window] ,
Elizabeth J. Paul Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth J. Paul [Opens in a new window] ,
Harold Weitzner Open the ORCID record for Harold Weitzner [Opens in a new window]  and
Amitava Bhattacharjee Open the ORCID record for Amitava Bhattacharjee [Opens in a new window]
Wrick Sengupta*
Affiliation:
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY10012, USA
Elizabeth J. Paul
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08543, USA
Harold Weitzner
Affiliation:
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY10012, USA
Amitava Bhattacharjee
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08543, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

While several results have pointed to the existence of exactly quasisymmetric fields on a surface (Garren & Boozer, Phys. Fluids B, vol. 3, 1991, pp. 2805–2821; 2822–2834; Plunk & Helander, J. Plasma Phys., vol. 84, 2018, 905840205), we have obtained the first such solutions using a vacuum surface expansion formalism. We obtain a single nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation for a function $\eta$ such the field strength satisfies $B = B(\eta )$. Closed-form solutions are obtained in cylindrical, slab and isodynamic geometries. Numerical solutions of the full nonlinear equations in general axisymmetric toroidal geometry are obtained, resulting in a class of quasihelical local vacuum equilibria near an axisymmetric surface. The analytic models provide additional insight into general features of the nonlinear solutions, such as localization of the surface perturbations on the inboard side. The local solutions thus obtained can be continued globally only for special initial surfaces.

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fusion plasmaplasma devicesplasma confinement
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , 905870205
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