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We investigate properties of the image and kernel of the Biot-Savart operator in the context of stellarator designs for plasma fusion. We first show that for any given coil winding surface (CWS) the image of the Biot-Savart operator is…
We study steady-state magnetic fields in the geometric setting of positive curvature on subdomains of the three-dimensional sphere. By generalizing the Biot-Savart law to an integral operator BS acting on all vector fields, we show that…
Stellarator optimization often takes a two-stage approach, where in the first stage the boundary is varied in order to optimize for some physics metrics, while in the second stage the boundary is kept fixed and coils are sought to generate…
One common approach to computing the magnetic field produced by a filamentary current-carrying coil is to approximate the coil as a series of straight segments. The Biot-Savart field from each straight segment is known analytically.…
We suggest a systematic calculational scheme for heat kernels of covariant nonminimal operators in causal theories whose characteristic surfaces are null with respect to a generic metric. The calculational formalism is based on a…
We construct the analog of the Biot-Savart integral for bounded domains. Specifically, we show that the velocity field of an incompressible fluid with tangency boundary conditions on a bounded domain can be written in terms of its vorticity…
We generalize a magnetogram-matching Biot-Savart law (BSL) from planar to spherical geometry. For a given coronal current density $\bf{J}$, this law determines the magnetic field $\tilde{\bf B}$ whose radial component vanishes at the…
A novel mathematical approach has been developed to complete the inversion of the Biot-Savart law in one- and two-dimensional cases from measurements of the perpendicular component of the magnetic field using the well-developed…
Accurate determination of microscopic transport and magnetization currents is of central importance for the study of the electric properties of low dimensional materials and interfaces, of superconducting thin films and of electronic…
The evaluation of current distributions in thick superconductors from field profiles near the sample surface is investigated theoretically. A simple model of a cylindrical sample, in which only circular currents are flowing, reduces the…
In this work, we investigate the system formed by the equations $\text{div } \vec w=g_0$ and $\text{curl } \vec w=\vec g$ in bounded star-shaped domains of $\mathbb{R}^3$. A Helmholtz-type decomposition theorem is established based on a…
We develop a framework for systematic study of symmetry transformations of sigma-model currents in a special situation, when symmetries have a well-defined projection onto the target space. We then apply this formalism to pure spinor…
Regularity estimates for an integral operator with a symmetric continuous kernel on a convex bounded domain are derived. The covariance of a mean-square continuous random field on the domain is an example of such an operator. The estimates…
Let $\hat\Sigma=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n X_i\otimes X_i$ denote the sample covariance operator of centered i.i.d.~observations $X_1,\dots,X_n$ in a real separable Hilbert space, and let $\Sigma=\mathbb{E}(X_1\otimes X_1)$. The focus of this…
Several fast methods for computing stellarator coil shapes are compared, including the classical NESCOIL procedure [Merkel, Nucl. Fusion 27, 867 (1987)], its generalization using truncated singular value decomposition, and a Tikhonov…
We derive full-sky, real-space operators that convert between polarization Stokes Q/U parameters and the coordinate-independent scalar E/B modes that are widely used in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and cosmic shear analysis. We also…
Relativistic quantum systems that admit scattering experiments are quantitatively described by effective field theories, where $S$-matrix kinematics and symmetry considerations are encoded in the operator spectrum of the EFT. In this paper…
In stellarator design, the coil winding surfaces $\Sigma\subset\mathbb R^3$ support current distributions $j$ that shape the magnetic field. This work provides a theoretical framework explaining the emergence of centre and saddle point…
On a compact manifold, the solutions of the initial value problem for the heat equation with currential initial conditions are smooth families of forms for $t>0$. If the initial condition is an exact submanifold $L$ then the integral in $t$…
The Biot-Savart law is relevant in physical contexts including electromagnetism and fluid dynamics. In the latter case, when the rotation of a fluid is confined to a set of very thin vortex filaments, this law describes the velocity field…