Fast Ion Stabilization of the Internal Tilt Mode in C-2W
November 2021 | T. DeHaas | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Traditional FRCs are known to be theoretically unstable to an internal tilt mode whose threshold is characterized by the parameter S*/E.
Fast Ion Doppler Spectroscopy (FIDA) in C-2W
November 2021 | L. Morton | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
We present new results from the Fast Ion D-Alpha (FIDA) on C-2W using modulation of the heating neutral beams, as an alternative to the diagnostic neutral beam.
Inferring Fast Ion Properties in the C-2W FRC
November 2021 | G. Player | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”), record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams (15 – 40 keV, total power up to 20 MW)…
Evolution and consequences of orbit type distributions in FRCs
November 2021 | F. Ceccherini | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs) are characterized by particular electric and magnetic field geometries that are due to the presence of unique particle orbit types as so-called Betatron, Drift, Fig8 and Type 1 orbits.
Simulation of equilibrium and transport in advanced FRCS
October 2021 | S.A. Dettrick | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The advanced beam-driven FRC is a field reversed configuration (FRC) with the addition of neutral beam (NB) injection, electrode biasing, and magnetic expander divertors.
Overview of C-2W: high temperature, steady-state beam-driven field-reversed configuration plasmas
October 2021 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
TAE Technologies, Inc. (TAE) is pursuing an alternative approach to magnetically confined fusion, which relies on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas composed of mostly energetic…