An Ion Beam System for Absolute Calibration of Neutral Particle Detectors for C-2W

An Ion Beam System for Absolute Calibration of Neutral Particle Detectors for C-2W

April 2018 | R. Clary | HTPD2018 | Poster

A high-confinement operating regime with plasma lifetimes significantly ex- ceeding previous empirical scaling laws was recently obtained by combining plasma gun edge biasing and Neutral Beam Injection in the C-2U field-reversed configuration (FRC) experiment[1].

Equilibrium properties of hybrid field reversed configurations

Equilibrium properties of hybrid field reversed configurations

January 2017 | M. Tuszewski | Physics of Plasma | Paper

Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs) heated by neutral beam injection may include a large fast ion pressure that significantly modifies the equilibrium. A new analysis is required to characterize such hybrid FRCs, as the simple relations used up to now prove inaccurate.

Observation and Suppression of a New Fast Ion Driven Micro-Burst Instability in a Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma

Observation and Suppression of a New Fast Ion Driven Micro-Burst Instability in a Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma

October 2016 | B.H. Deng | APS-DPP | Poster

The C-2U experiment offers a unique plasma environment combining a high beta field reversed configuration (FRC) embedded in a low beta magnetic mirror with high power neutral beam injection.