Type One Energy

Efficient computation of Taylor relaxed equilibria in stellarators

The purpose of this project is to compute numerical solutions to Beltrami’s equation in three-dimensional toroidal geometries. Magnetic fields in so-called Taylor relaxed states satisfy Beltrami’s equation and can be good models of magnetic fields in confined plasma equilibria.

To make this project tractable, we will rely on Python-based automated frameworks for solving partial differential equations, such as Firedrake or FEniCS.

Antoine Cerfon
Antoine Cerfon
Senior Scientist, Type One Energy Group