Spectroscopic Measurements of Ion Temperature and Plasma Rotation in C-2 FRC plasmas
November 2013 | D. Osin | APS-DPP | Poster
In FRC plasmas impurity ions may not be in thermal and rotational equilibria.
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Transport simulations of an FRC plasma with neutral beam injection
November 2013 | M. Onofri | APS-DPP | Poster
The evolution of a Field Reversed Configuration with neutral beam injection is studied using the Q2D code.
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FRC Stability Study with NIMROD and HYM Codes
November 2013 | A. Necas | APS-DPP | Poster
Gyroviscous (GV) stress for weakly magnetized plasma has been implemented in the NIMROD code to study Hall and FLR effects on FRC stability with emphasis on the rotational modes.
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Neutral beam current drive in Field Reversed Configurations
November 2013 | S. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
The Neutral beam current drive mechanism, originally known as Ohkawa Current, is investigated for FRC plasmas using small amounts of high Z impurities.
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Measurements of Minority Radial Momentum Balance Equation for The C-2 FRC Plasma
November 2013 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
To better understand and quantify the radial momentum balance in the C2 FRC plasma, experiments are performed with the mixture of Helium and Deuterium.
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Electron Heating of a Field Reversed Configuration at the Upper Hybrid Resonance Frequency
November 2013 | E. Garate | APS-DPP | Poster
Field reversed configurations (FRC) have closed field line regions in which the ratio of plasma to electron cyclotron frequency is greater than 1.
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Far infrared laser polarimeter development for the C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas
November 2013 | B. Deng | APS-DPP | Poster
Ideal FRC configuration has zero toroidal field.
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Propagation and absorption of ion cyclotron resonant waves in an FRC configuration
November 2013 | F. Cecherini | APS-DPP | Poster
The generation and propagation of an ion cyclotron resonant wave is studied in a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasma which includes at least two different ion species.
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Electron Temperature Estimate in C-2 FRC Using Neural Network
November 2013 | S. Aefsky | APS-DPP | Poster
The electron temperature of the plasma inside the C-2 Experiment is measured using a Thomson Scattering (TS) diagnostic.
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A comparison of fast particle driven magnetic fluctuations in simulation and experiment
November 2013 | R. Magee | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are created via the dynamic merging of two compact toroids and partially sustained through the injection of high power neutral beams.
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