October 2016 | M.E. Griswold | APS-DPP | Poster
An end loss analyzer system (ELA) was developed to study thermal transport on the open field lines that surround the advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) core of the C-2U experiment.
October 2016 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U has achieved steady-state operation of advanced beam driven FRCs using neutral beam injection and edge biasing.
October 2016 | R.M. Magee | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2U experiment offers a unique plasma environment combining a high beta field reversed configuration (FRC) embedded in a low beta magnetic mirror with high power neutral beam injection.
October 2016 | T. Matsumoto | APS-DPP | Poster
The compact toroid (CT) injector system has been developed for particle refueling on the C-2U device.
October 2016 | A. Necas | APS-DPP | Poster
Robust BUT non-destructive instability during beam injection. Predicted modes for various beta. Experimental observations consistent with modeling.
October 2016 | D.P. Fulton | APS-DPP | Poster
5 ms sustainment on C-2U heralds transport limited confinement in advanced beam driven FRCs.
October 2016 | T. Edo | APS-DPP | Poster
A magnetized coaxial plasmoid accelerator has been utilized for compact torus (CT) injection to refuel into fusion reactor core plasma.
October 2016 | Alex Dunaevsky | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) experiment proved substantial reduction in turbulence-driven losses via tangential neutral beam injection (NBI) coupled with electrically biased plasma guns at the plasma ends.
October 2016 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP | Poster
Simulation of High Performance Beam Driven FRC shows that hot FRC is formed by thermalization of fast colliding FRCs.