A new class of magnetic confinement device in the shape of a knot
Abstract
We describe a new class of magnetic confinement device, with the magnetic axis in the shape of a knot. We call such devices "knotatrons." An example is given that has a large volume filled with magnetic surfaces, with significant rotational-transform, and with the magnetic field produced entirely by external circular coils.
- Publication:
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Physics of Plasmas
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.4863844
- Bibcode:
- 2014PhPl...21a0705H