July 2024 | T. Asai | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
This study successfully developed a refueling technique for a field-reversed configuration (FRC)
via axial plasmoid injection and demonstrated it on the FAT-CM device at Nihon University.
January 2024 | T. Asai | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Rapid magnetic reconnection was experimentally observed to occur within a microsecond timescale, leading to the field-reversed configuration (FRC) comprising a single closed magnetic field structure.
November 2023 | Y. Musthafa | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
C-2W’s ensemble of neutral
beams includes four static energy 15 keV H/D beams, four tunable energy 15-40 keV H/D beams, and one 40 keV diagnostic beam.
November 2023 | Y. Fujiwara | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The FIDA spectrum was extracted from active measurements using a midplane array of sightlines passing through a diagnostic neutral beam.
November 2023 | T. Matsumoto | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
As an alternative particle fueling mechanism, the Compact Toroid Injector (CTI) system has been in development since the C-2 device.
November 2023 | T. DeHaas | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The current experimental device, C-2W (Norman), has demonstrated significant progress in FRC performance, reliability, repeatability, and control.