A high performance field-reversed configuration

May 2015 | Research Library,  Papers, Featured Publications, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Performance, Plasma Research, Top Level

May 2015 | M. Binderbauer | Physics of Plasmas | Paper

Conventional field-reversed configurations (FRCs), high-beta, prolate compact toroids embedded in poloidal magnetic fields, face notable stability and confinement concerns.