April 2025 | T. Roche | Nature Communications | Paper
We report evidence of successful generation of field-reversed configuration plasmas by neutral beam injection. This is achieved by trapping the steady state beams in an initial seed plasma, hence providing a direct source of toroidally directed energetic ion current and increase plasma …
October 2024 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
TAE Technologies’ fifth-generation fusion device, C-2W (also called ‘Norman’), is the world’s largest compact-toroid device and has made significant progress in field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma performance.
October 2024 | S. Dettrick | APS DPP 2024 | Presentation
The C-2W experiment at TAE Technologies demonstrates steady-state field-reversed configurations with enhanced plasma stability and ion heating driven by neutral beams, supported by advanced modeling and diagnostics to optimize performance.
October 2024 | S. Karbashewski | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
TAE Technologies’ C-2W fusion device uses neutral-beam injection to sustain FRC plasma, with magnetic fluctuation measurements from a wall-mounted Mirnov array processed through Fourier-Hilbert methods to analyze azimuthal modes and axial parity.
October 2024 | E. Granstedt | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
This paper explores the theory, control, and effects of fast ion axial bounce modes in TAE Technologies’ C-2W device, demonstrating how these resonant modes influence fast ion behavior and offering strategies for mitigating their impact through beam energy distribution.
November 2023 | G. Player | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The C-2W advanced beam-driven FRC device utilizes 15-40 keV neutral beams to create a large population of fast ions, which are critically important for FRC heating, current drive, and stabilization.