November 2011 | B. Deng | APS-DPP | Poster
Plasma equilibrium profiles and fluctuations in the C-2 field reversed configuration (FRC) experiment [M. W. Binderbauer et al, Phys.Rev.Lett. 105, 045003 (2010)] are measured under various operation conditions.
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November 2011 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
Although high rotation velocity in a FRC may lead to rotational instabilities, it is also believed that shear flow helps in improving FRC stability and transport.
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November 2011 | S. Korepanov | APS-DPP | Poster
One of the goals of the C-2 experiment [1,2] is to explore FRC sustainment and current drive from neutral beam injection. Studies of the relaxation and confinement of hot anisotropic ions created by the neutral beams are considered to be key elements of the experimental research program.
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November 2011 | T. Roche | APS-DPP | Poster
An optical tomography system has been developed and implemented in the Flux Coil Generated Field Reversed Configuration (FCG-FRC) at TAE Technologies.
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November 2011 | E. Ruskov | APS-DPP | Poster
High required time resolution resolves in high required modulation frequency and high IF: need very fast data acquisition.
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November 2011 | X. Sun | APS-DPP | Poster
Edge biasing has long been used in various fusion devices to actively control the plasma potential profile in order to suppress radial transport by decorrelating density and potential fluctuations through flow shear.
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November 2011 | M. Thompson | APS-DPP | Poster
In any magnetic plasma confinement device, it is advantageous to limit hot-ion loss through charge-exchange with cold neutral gas by minimizing the gas density near the plasma.
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November 2011 | E. Trask | APS-DPP | Poster
The TAE Technologies C-2 experimental system[1] is a linear device consisting of two separate multi-coil theta-pinch formation sections and a central confinement vessel.
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October 2011 | A. Smirnov | PPPL Seminar | Presentation
The merged FRCs in C-2 are suitable for high powered neutral beam injection (NBI) experiments. A versatile, robust and highly reliable NBI system was built.
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June 2011 | M. Slepchenkov | 2011 ICOPS-SOFE | Paper
This paper Controller for the describes the Limiter-Coil Current Flux-Coil Generated Field-Reversed Configuration plasma confinement device.
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