End Loss Analyzer System for Measurements of Plasma Flux at the C-2U Divertor Electrode
June 2016 | Martin Griswold | HTPD | Poster
The C-2U experiment at TAE Technologies can sustain advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas.
Enhanced Magnetic Field Probe Array for Improved Excluded Flux Calculations on the C-2U Advanced Beam-Driven FRC
June 2016 | Thomas Roche | HTPD | Poster
External flux conversing coils were installed onto the exterior of the C-2U confinement vessel to increase the flux confinement time of the system.
Dual Wavelength Imaging of a Scrape-Off Layer in a Field Reversed Configuration
June 2016 | Dima Osin / Tania Schindler | HTPD | Poster
C-2U is a macroscopically stable, high-performance field-reversed configuration (FRC), where high plasma temperatures with significant fast ion population and record lifetimes were achieved.
Jet Outflow and Open Field Line Measurements on C-2U Device
June 2016 | Daniel Sheftman | HTPD | Poster
Knowledge and control of the axial outflow of plasma particles and energy along open field lines are of crucial importance to the stability and longevity of advanced beam-driven FRC plasma.
Control of ion gyroscale fluctuations via electrostatic biasing and sheared E×B flow in the C-2 field reversed configuration
March 2016 | L. Schmitz | AIP Conference Proceedings | Paper
Control of radial particle and thermal transport is instrumental for achieving and sustaining well-confined high-β plasma in a Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC). Radial profiles of low frequency ion gyro-scale density fluctuations (0.5 ≤ kρs ≤ 40), consistent with drift- or drift-interchange modes, have been measured in the scrape-off layer (SOL) and core of the C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC), together with the toroidal ExB velocity.
End loss analyzer system for measurements of plasma flux at the C-2U divertor electrode
March 2016 | M. E. Griswold | AIP Conference Proceedings | Paper
An end loss analyzer system 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. The system is mounted directly to the divertor electrode and consists of gridded retarding-potential analyzers that measure ion current density and ion energy as well as pyroelectric crystal bolometers that measure the total power flux.