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Nested Magnetic Surfaces

Nested Magnetic Surfaces is a theoretical construct in plasma physics denoting a continuous family of toroidally nested, closed magnetic flux surfaces that confine charged particles in axisymmetric or non-axisymmetric magnetic confinement devices by forming a hierarchy of magnetic surfaces with increasing minor radius, where each surface represents an invariant manifold of the magnetic field line flow.

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636

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93

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2017–2026

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Nested Magnetic Flux Surfaces

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62

Steepest-descent moment method for three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equilibria

S. P. Hirshman, J. C. Whitson · The Physics of Fluids · 1983 · 905 citations

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Overview of the Large Helical Device project

A. Iiyoshi, A. Komori, A. Ejiri et al. · Nuclear Fusion · 1999 · 288 citations

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Initial physics achievements of large helical device experiments

O. Motojima, H. Yamada, A. Komori et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 1999 · 180 citations · Full text

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Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field to better than 1:100,000

T. Sunn Pedersen, M. Otte, S. Lazerson et al. · Nature Communications · 2016 · 128 citations · Full text

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SIESTA: A scalable iterative equilibrium solver for toroidal applications

S. P. Hirshman, R. Sánchez, C. R. Cook · Physics of Plasmas · 2011 · 89 citations

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Authors

636

  1. WC
    W.A. Cooper

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    7 publications · 219 citations

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  2. SP
    S. P. Hirshman

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. HY
    H. Yamada

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    6 publications · 588 citations

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  4. MY
    M. Yokoyama

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    6 publications · 658 citations

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  5. IY
    I. Yamada

    National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan

    5 publications · 655 citations

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1–5 of 636

Institutions

93

  1. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    954 citations

  2. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    10 h-index

    39 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. National Institute for Fusion Science

    Toki, Japan

    9 h-index

    348 publications

    47K citations

  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    497 citations

  6. Kurchatov Institute

    Moscow, Russia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    124 citations

  7. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    442 citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald

    Greifswald, Germany

    4 h-index

    264 publications

    31.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Physics of Plasmas

    21 publications · 687 citations

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  2. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    13 publications · 347 citations

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  3. Nuclear Fusion

    11 publications · 591 citations

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  4. The Physics of Fluids

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Plasma Physics

    3 publications · 66 citations

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