Numerical solution of three-dimensional magnetic differential equations

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(88)90121-0MaRDI QIDQ1107398zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. H. Reiman, H. S. Greenside

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1182596/

zbMATH Keywords

computer codePfirsch- Schlüter currentstoroidal three-dimensional divergence-free field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

Review text

A computer code is described that solves differential equations of the form \(B\cdot \nabla f=h\) for a single-valued solution f, given a toroidal three-dimensional divergence-free field B and a single-valued function h. The code uses a new alorithm that Fourier decomposes a given function in a set of flux coordinates in which the field lines are straight. The algorithm automatically adjusts the required integration lengths to compensate for proximity to low order rational surfaces. Applying this algorithm to the Cartesian coordinates defines a transformation to magnetic coordinates, in which the magnetic differential equation can be accurately solved. Our method is illustrated by calculating the Pfirsch- Schlüter currents for a stellarator.

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Uses Software

• NAG
• nag

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