These references motivate the validation path; they do not validate the IX-Fusion C6 candidate.
- H. Chen et al., "Direct Optimization of Stellarator Omnigenity from the Second Adiabatic Invariant," arXiv:2608.02418 (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02418
- G. Yu et al., "Quasi-single-stage optimization for advanced stellarators," arXiv:2608.03122 (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03122
- L. Fu and A. A. Kaptanoglu, "Towards joint optimization of stellarator coils and support structures," arXiv:2607.05749 (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05749
- M. Landreman et al., "SIMSOPT: A flexible framework for stellarator optimization," Journal of Open Source Software 6(65), 3525 (2021). https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03525
- D. W. Dudt and E. Kolemen, "DESC: A stellarator equilibrium solver," Physics of Plasmas 27, 102513 (2020); software: https://github.com/PlasmaControl/DESC
- D. Nash et al., "Prototyping and Test of the Canis HTS Planar Coil Array for Stellarator Field Shaping," arXiv:2503.18960 (2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18960
- A. Rothstein et al., "Robust Control of ECH Deposition Profiles on DIII-D," arXiv:2606.13661 (2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.13661
- ITER Organization, Blanket system overview. https://www.iter.org/machine/blanket
- ITER Organization, Tritium breeding overview. https://www.iter.org/machine/supporting-systems/tritium-breeding
References are intentionally separated from internal findings. The presence of a technique in the literature does not imply that IX-Fusion has successfully implemented it at the same authority level.