Excluded Flux Measurements of Long-Lived Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas

Excluded Flux Measurements of Long-Lived Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas

November 2010 | M. Thompson | APS-DPP | Poster

Diamagnetic measurements of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas produced in the C-2 experiment are obtained with a linear array of 19 magnetic probes positioned along the length of the stainless steel confinement vessel.

Spectroscopic measurement of ion temperature and ion velocity distributions in the flux-coil generated FRC

Spectroscopic measurement of ion temperature and ion velocity distributions in the flux-coil generated FRC

October 2010 | D. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper

One aim of the flux-coil generated field reversed configuration at TAE Technologies TAE is to establish the plasma where the ion rotational energy is greater than the ion thermal energy.