October 2010 | H. Gota |Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A two-chord IR3.39 m He–Ne laser interferometer system was developed for a flux-coil-generated field-reversed configuration to estimate the electron density and the total temperature of the field-reversed configuration FRC plasma.
October 2010 | F. Glass | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A Thomson scattering diagnostic has been developed for the C-2 field-reversed configuration device. Based on a multipulse ruby laser, the system measures the electron temperature at nine spatial points.
June 2010 | A. Smirnov | Open Systems | Presentation
Unlike tokamaks, where the neutral beam shine through is rarely an issue, open magnetic systems with neutral beam injection oftentimes suffer from incomplete beam capture, which necessitates the handling of the shine through power load and beam particle recycling.
May 2010 | F. Glass | HTPD | Poster
Two theta-pinch field-reversed configured plasmas generated in opposing quartz tubes.
May 2010 | D. Gupta | HTPD | Presentation
Two Doppler spectroscopy diagnostics, with complementary capabilities, are developed to measure the ion temperatures and velocities of FRC plasmas in the C-2 device.