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Near-axis expansion of weakly quasisymmetric fields to all orders: numerical implementation

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Abstract



The Garren-Boozer conundrum suggests that equilibrium with global quasi-symmetry (QS) probably does not exist under MHD with isotropic pressure. When expanded as power series of effective distance from magnetic axis, the governing equations become over-determined at the 3rd order. [1] However, relaxing the pressure constraint from a scalar to a Maxwell stress tensor resolves the issue, form of equilibrium allowings the construction of equilibria with global weak QS to arbitrarily high orders. [2 - 4] We demonstrate the first numerical implementation of this expansion to all orders, which enables an as well as ongoing investigations of the convergence properties and optimal truncation of our asymptotic expansions, as well as Our code enables a deeper perspective on their implications for the equilibrium problem. Our tools enable a rapid exploration of the phase space of quasisymmetric configuration to which modern machine learning methods can be applied.

Publication: 1. Garren, D. A., & Boozer, A. H. (1991). Existence of quasihelically symmetric stellarators. Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics, 3(10), 2822–2834. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859916<br>2. Rodríguez, E., Sengupta, W., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2022). Weakly quasisymmetric near-axis solutions to all orders. Physics of Plasmas, 29(1), 012507. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0076583<br>3. Rodríguez, E., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2021a). Solving the problem of overdetermination of quasisymmetric equilibrium solutions by near-axis expansions. I. Generalized force balance. Physics of Plasmas, 28(1), 012508. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0027574<br>4. Rodríguez, E., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2021b). Solving the problem of overdetermination of quasisymmetric equilibrium solutions by near-axis expansions. II. Circular axis stellarator solutions. Physics of Plasmas, 28(1), 012509. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0027575

Presenters

  • Lanke Fu

    Princeton University

Authors

  • Lanke Fu

    Princeton University

  • Eduardo Rodriguez

    Princeton University

  • Amitava Bhattacharjee

    Princeton University, Princeton University, PPPL, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University