Opto-Mechanical Design of FIR Diagnostic System for C-2W
October 2016 | M. Beall | APS-DPP | Poster
Upgraded interferometer/polarimeter on center plane of machine to provide high resolution density and magnetic field information.
A Pre-ionization System to Limit Neutral Gas in a Compact Toroid Injector
October 2016 | I. Allfrey | APS-DPP | Poster
Fusion plasmas require long lifetimes and high temperatures, both of which are limited by particle loss, among other factors.
Spectroscopic Observations of Scrape-Off Layer Electron Temperature and Density
October 2016 | Dima Osin | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U is a macroscopically stable, high-performance field-reversed configuration (HPF), where high plasma temperatures with significant fast-ion population and record lifetimes were achieved.
Hybrid Reconstruction of Field-Reversed Configurations
October 2016 | L. Steinhauer | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2U facility at TAE Technologies creates an advanced, beam-driven FRC with large ion orbits. The plasma is sustained for > 5ms.
FPIC Study of the n=1 Toroidal Mode in FRC Plasmas
October 2016 | Francesco Checcerini | APS-DPP | Poster
The goal of TAE’s experiments is to sustain through the of use of neutral beam heating and edge biasing an advanced beam-driven FRC for many milliseconds, i.e., well beyond the growth times of common instabilities.
First Fast-Ion D-Alpha (FIDA) Measurements and Simulations on C-2U
October 2016 | Nathan Bolte | APS-DPP | Poster
In the TAE Technologies C-2U experiment, advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas were sustained via tangential neutral beam injection.
Observation of Super-thermal Plasma & Beam Energization in a Beam Driven FRC
October 2016 | R. Clary | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U is an advanced beam-driven FRC experiment. Dynamics of fast particles (hydrogen) are critical to plasma (deuterium) performance.
Edge/SOL Plasma Parameter/Magnetic Field Profile and Fluctuation Measurements at C-2U Midplane
October 2016 | T. Roche | APS-DPP | Poster
Complete radial profiles of plasma parameters are essential in understanding plasma dynamics.
Absence of Ion-scale Core Turbulence and Transport Barrier Formation with Passive/Active Divertor Biasing in the C-2/C-2U Field Reversed Configuration
October 2016 | Michel Tuszewski | APS-DPP | Poster
Experimentally measured inverted core density fluctuations spectra show the absence of ion-scale modes in the FRC core, in agreement with linear, local gyrokinetic simulations.
Simulations of Microwave Electron Heating on Field-Reversed Configuration Driven by Rotating Magnetic Field
October 2016 | Xiaokang Yang | APS-DPP | Poster
The rotating magnetic field-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC), such as Rotamak or PFRC experiment, was recently proposed as a test bench at TAE Technologies to experimentally pioneer the study of microwave electron heating.