J. F. Lyon

TL;DR: The National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) as discussed by the authors was designed to enhance the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability without feedback or nearby conducting structures and provide drift-orbit confinement similar to tokamaks.

TL;DR: The Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the world's largest stellarator experiment when it begins operation in early 1987 as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In the first four years of the LHD experiment, several encouraging results have emerged, the most significant of which is that MHD stability and good transport are compatible in the inward shifted axis configuration as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the magnetic field modulus |B| in magnetic co-ordinates is dominated by poloidally symmetric components and two distinct configuration types are considered: (1) those that achieve their drift optimization and rotational transform at low β and low bootstrap current by appropriate plasma shaping; and (2) those which have a greater reliance on plasma β and bootstrap currents for supplying the transform and obtaining quasi-poloidal symmetry.

TL;DR: An integrated study of compact stellarator power plants, ARIES-CS, has been conducted to explore attractive compact stellarators configurations and to define key research and development (R&D) areas.