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Screening currents caused by varying magnetic fields degrade the homogeneity and stability of the magnetic fields created by $RE$BCO coated conductor coils. They are responsible for the AC loss, which is also important for other power…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-01 Enric Pardo

The dynamics of fluctuating electric field structures in the edge of the TJ-II stellarator, that display zonal flow-like traits, is studied. These structures have been shown to be global and affect particle transport dynamically [J.A.…

Given a plasma domain $P\subset\mathbb{R}^3$, a plasma equilibrium field $B$ on $P$ and a coil winding surface $\Sigma$ surrounding $P$, we provide an analytic formula whose output is a surface current distribution $j$ on $\Sigma$ such that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-27 Wadim Gerner

In the present work we argue that the usual assumption that magnetic currents possess the vector structure characteristic of electric currents may be the source of several difficulties in the theory of magnetic monopoles. We propose an {\it…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Cardoso de Melo , M. C. Nemes , Saulo C. S. Silva

In stellarators, achieving effective divertor configurations is challenging due to the three-dimensional nature of the magnetic fields, which often leads to chaotic field lines and fuzzy separatrices. This work presents a novel approach to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-11-03 Todd Elder , Matt Landremann , Christoper B. Smiet , Robert Davies

We theoretically study the electric current induced by the temporally oscillating magnetic field onto a three-dimensional topological insulator based on the linear response theory. The electric current flows on its surface because of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-23 Tetsuro Habe , Yasuhiro Asano

We present a robust optimization algorithm for the design of electromagnetic coils that generate vacuum magnetic fields with nested flux surfaces and precise quasi-symmetry. The method is based on a bilevel optimization problem, where the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-26 Andrew Giuliani , Florian Wechsung , Antoine Cerfon , Matt Landreman , Georg Stadler

We broaden the investigation of the dynamical properties of tidally perturbed, rotating star clusters by relaxing the traditional assumptions of coplanarity, alignment, and synchronicity between the internal and orbital angular velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 Maria Tiongco , Enrico Vesperini , Anna Lisa Varri

Pulsar magnetospheres have strong magnetic fields and large amounts of plasma. The structures of these magnetospheres are studied using force-free electrodynamics. To understand pulsar magnetospheres, discussions must include their outer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 Yugo E. Kato

Arguments for and against the widely accepted picture of a solar dynamo being seated in the tachocline are reviewed and alternative ideas concerning dynamos operating in the bulk of the convection zone, or perhaps even in the near-surface…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Axel Brandenburg

We investigate the strong electric current sheet that develops at the tip of the pulsar closed line region through time dependent three-dimensional numerical simulations of a rotating magnetic dipole. We show that curvature radiation from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Ioannis Contopoulos , Constantinos Kalapotharakos

The all-electrical realization of highly spin-polarized charge currents and their efficient conversion into pure spin currents remains a fundamental challenge in spintronics. Here, we report a spin-axis dynamic locking (SADL) effect in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-25 Lv Zhiheng , Cai Jiangtao , Ma Dengpan , Xing Yan , Liu Zhifeng

Many large-scale applications require electromagnetic modelling with extensive numerical computations, such as magnets or 3-dimensional (3D) objects like transposed conductors or motors and generators. Therefore, it is necessary to develop…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-03 Enric Pardo , Jan Souc , Lubomir Frolek

An open question in the study of dilation surfaces is to determine the typical dynamical behavior of the directional flow on a fixed dilation surface. We show that on any one-holed dilation torus, in all but a measure zero Cantor set of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-12-09 Mason Haberle , Jane Wang

The distribution of the transport current in a superconducting filament aligned parallel to the flat surface of a semi-infinite bulk magnet is studied theoretically. An integral equation governing the current distribution in the Meissner…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 S. V. Yampolskii , Yu. A. Genenko , H. Rauh

Spin current plays a central role in spintronics. In particular, finding more efficient ways to generate spin current has been an important issue and studied actively. For example, representative methods of spin current generation include…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 Keita Hamamoto , Motohiko Ezawa , Kun Woo Kim , Takahiro Morimoto , Naoto Nagaosa

The semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation of charged, massive fermions in a rotating frame of reference, in the presence of external electromagnetic fields is solved in the relaxation time approach to establish the distribution…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-02 O. F. Dayi , E. Yunt

Massive star winds are complex radiation-hydrodynamic (sometimes magnetohydrodynamic) outflows that are propelled by their enormously strong luminosities. The winds are often found to be structured and variable, but can also display…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 R. Ignace , N. St-Louis , F. Proulx-Giraldeau

A central issue in the design of tokamaks or stellarators is the coils that produce the external magnetic fields. The freedom that remains unstudied in the design of coils is enormous. This freedom could be quickly studied computationally…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Allen H Boozer

In stellarators, zonal flow activity depends sensitively on geometry of the three dimensional magnetic field, via an interplay of mechanisms that is not fully understood. In this work, we investigate this by studying three magnetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-10-01 C. D. Mora Moreno , J. H. E. Proll , G. G. Plunk , P. Xanthopoulos