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W7-X looks insane because its configuration was discovered by a computer pursuing a numerical optimization. We don't have any sound reasons to believe the next
by jeffbee 1y ago
W7-X looks insane because its configuration was discovered by a computer pursuing a numerical optimization. We don't have any sound reasons to believe the next one will be simpler.
- krisoft 1y ago> We don't have any sound reasons to believe the next one will be simpler. Yes and no. I think you are right that the plasma shape is going to remain very complex. But that's not the only reason why W7-X looks complicated. It has a ton of diagnostics ports on the plasma vessel just for research. Most of those we can probably design out for a production version. So I would expect a production version of a stelarator to be simpler than W7-X, but still remain very complex.