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FIGURE 2.2 Stellarator-type magnetic system configuration. (A) Classical stellarator with
a continuous helical coil, (B) continuous helical-to-modular coil transformation, (C) a torsatron/
heliotron with continuous helical coil and several compensating coils, and (D) a modular stellarator.
2.2.3 Magnetic Mirrors
The basic idea of ‘open’ plasma confinement devices is to produce areas with
enhanced magnetic field B > B at the ends of a machine (Fig. 2.3A), making a
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part of plasma particles trapped between two mirror cells that act as electrostatic
‘end plugs’. This, however, is not sufficient to confine the plasma effectively.
The concept development path went like a complication of the magnetic mirror
confinement topology, giving rise to the following:
FIGURE 2.3 Magnetic mirror configurations.
