MHD-Stable NSTX Plasmas Are Calculated to Have High b, High Edge q, Large Well-Aligned ?p Current, Strong Magnetic Shear, and Deep Magnetic Well (Menard)

I?p/Ip ? 80%

qedge ? 14

?B?min/?B?edge ? 0.7

Even higher b and I?p/Ip have been obtained:

Menard (PPPL) et al.

Miller (GA) et al.

Hender (Culham) et al.

Shaing (UT-Austin) et al., etc.