VMEC Result File

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Dimensions
• Variables

Introduction

This page documents the contents of a result NetCDF file contributed by the VMEC equilibrium. The remaining parts of the result file are documented in the Result File page.

Dimensions

Dimension

Description

Code Reference

vmec_nextcur	Number of vmec external currents.	mgrid_mod::nextcur
vmec_boundary_m	Number of poloidal boundary coefficients.	vmec_dim::mpol1
vmec_boundary_n	Number of toroidal boundary coefficients.	vmec_input::ntor

Variables

Variable(Dimensions)

Description

Code Reference

vmec_rbc (vmec_boundary_n, vmec_boundary_m)	R direction cosine boundary coefficients.	vmec_input::rbc
vmec_rbs (vmec_boundary_n, vmec_boundary_m)	R direction sine boundary coefficients.	vmec_input::rbs
vmec_zbc (vmec_boundary_n, vmec_boundary_m)	Z direction cosine boundary coefficients.	vmec_input::zbc
vmec_zbs (vmec_boundary_n, vmec_boundary_m)	Z direction sine boundary coefficients.	vmec_input::zbs
vmec_l_sub_i	Internal inducance.	v3f_vmec_comm::vvc_smaleli
vmec_kappa_p	Mean elongation.	v3f_vmec_comm::vvc_kappa_p