Exact non-symmetric closed line vacuum magnetic fields in a topological torus
Abstract
Non-symmetric vacuum magnetic fields with closed magnetic field lines are of interest in the construction of stellarator equilibria. Beyond the result of D.Lortz (ZAMP 21, 196 (1970)), few results are available. This work presents a closed-form expression for a class of vacuum magnetic fields in a topological torus with closed field lines. We explicitly obtain the invariants of such a field. We finally show that a three-dimensional low beta magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium may be constructed in a topological torus starting with these closed line vacuum magnetic fields.
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