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  "abstract": "We present a computational design study of a stellarator-mirror hybrid concept, Stellarators Linking Axisymmetric Mirrors (SLAMs), in which an optimized poloidally omnigenous (OP or QI) stellarator serves as the rotational-transform-generating element that links long, axisymmetric (circular cross-section) magnetic mirrors. Starting from an OP precursor configuration obtained from the DESC omnigenity database, we construct hybrid coil sets for field period nFP = 2 SLAMs by separating the OP modular coils along the device midplane and inserting axisymmetric planar mirror coils into the resulting gap. Field-line tracing shows that nested vacuum flux surfaces survive this extrusion across a range of mirror-section lengths, with the cross-section qualitatively preserved at the point where the mirror is inserted. We use the field-line tracing data to map the shape of a surface and use the GVEC fixed-boundary solver to calculate an ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium and evaluate physics metrics such as the neoclassical transport proxy ($ε_{\\rm eff}^{3/2}$), the vacuum magnetic well (W), and the gyrokinetic heat fluxes (Q), providing a first-principles analysis of such concepts using modern stellarator analysis tools.",
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  "arxiv": "2610.06085",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Rahul Gaur"
    },
    {
      "name": "Djin Patch"
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert Babin"
    },
    {
      "name": "Florian Hindenlang"
    },
    {
      "name": "Xu Chu"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tony Qian"
    }
  ],
  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/7ejx57xceq6rw.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2610.06085",
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  "landing_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.06085",
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  "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licence_label": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "native_subjects": [
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.06085",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-10-25",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/7ejx57xceq6rw.ris",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "physics",
      "origin": "arxiv:physics.plasm-ph",
      "subfield": "plasma"
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  ],
  "title": "Stellarators Linking Axisymmetric Mirrors Part 1: Coil Design, MHD Equilibrium, and Physics Metrics",
  "title_text": "Stellarators Linking Axisymmetric Mirrors Part 1: Coil Design, MHD Equilibrium, and Physics Metrics",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:35:35Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/7ejx57xceq6rw",
  "venue": "arXiv",
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