Published January 23, 2011 | Version v1
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A flexible heliac configuration

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The addition of an ℓ = 1 helical winding to the heliac central conductor adds a significant degree of flexibility to the configuration by making it possible to control the rotational transform and shear. Such control is essential for an experiment because the presence of low-order resonances in the rotational transform profile can cause breakup of the equilibrium magnetic surfaces. The use of the additional winding also permits a reduction of the total central conductor current and can deepen the magnetic well.

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