Development of a Zeff Diagnostic Using Visible and Near-infrared Bremsstrahlung Light  for the C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma

Development of a Zeff Diagnostic Using Visible and Near-infrared Bremsstrahlung Light for the C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma

April 2018 | M. Nations | HTPD2018 | Poster

The presence of impurities can significantly affect plasma performance since they can account for substantial radiative power losses. To keep impurity content of the plasma low, mitigating strategies (e.g., wall conditioning by titanium gettering) are employed to help pump neutrals and reduce wall recycling

First time-resolved electron density measurements in the C-2W Advanced Field Reversed Configuration plasmas from long-path compact second-harmonic interferometer

First time-resolved electron density measurements in the C-2W Advanced Field Reversed Configuration plasmas from long-path compact second-harmonic interferometer

April 2018 | M. Beall | HTPD2018 | Poster

The C-2W experiment is an axially symmetric device with formation sections producing and accelerating plasmoids via theta-pinch which collide in a central confinement vessel (CV) and form a hot, stable FRC