Resources for learning about stellarators

Summer schools specifically about stellarators, with videos and slides:

2024 PPPL / Hidden Symmetries Graduate Summer School

2020 Hidden Symmetries Summer School

2019 Hidden Symmetries Summer School

Introductory reading about stellarators:

“An Introduction to Stellarators” by Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard, Elizabeth Paul, and Adelle Wright.

“Theory of plasma confinement in non-axisymmetric magnetic fields” by Per Helander, Rep. Prog. Phys. 77 (2014) 087001.

Also see the notes page on this site for the notes on non-orthogonal 3D coordinate systems, magnetic coordinates, and an introduction to quasi-symmetry.

Other summer schools with various topics in plasma and fusion:

2025 PPPL Graduate Summer School

2021 PPPL Graduate Summer School

2022 PPPL SULI Plasma Physics Course

2021 PPPL SULI Plasma Physics Course

2020 PPPL SULI Plasma Physics Course

2019 PPPL SULI Plasma Physics Course

Video series about general plasma physics:

A lecture series Introduction to Plasma Physics by Jim Callen.

The course EPFL Plasma Physics: Applications from EPFL. It covers plasma applications in industry, astrophysics, and nuclear fusion: .

A lecture series Fusion Research.