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I think one of the challenges with stellarators is that they are harder to simulate due to the twisted geometry of the chamber (with a tokamak you can often sim
by ali_m 5y ago
I think one of the challenges with stellarators is that they are harder to simulate due to the twisted geometry of the chamber (with a tokamak you can often simulate a single 2D slice of the torus).
- willis936 5y agoAll optimized stellarator designs are periodic, so only one period (with correct boundary mapping) needs to be simulated. But yeah, it's a much larger search space.
- exo-cortex 5y agothat makes a lot of sense.