lmplications of Recent Tokamak Research for Stellarator Design
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Recent advances in tokamak physics can be used in the quest to optimize the stellarator concept. In particular the experimental confirmation of strong bootstrap currents suggests the possibility of taking advantage of non-zero current in steady-state stellarators. In addition the observation of neoclassical islands suggests important issues for design optimization, in order to operate in a regime in which neoclassical effects heal stellarator islands.
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