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The Evolution of Stellarator Theory at Princeton
Author: John L. Johnson
Date of PPPL Report: November 2001
To be presented at: the 13th International Stellarator Workshop in Canberra, Australia, February 25 through March 1, 2002.
This paper descibes the evolution of the stellarator program at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, beginning with the legend of how Lyman Spitzer, Jr. first conceived the stellarator concept.