Rigid motion of C-2W FRC plasma
November 2020 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2W is an advanced beam driven Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) fusion device [1], in which plasma sustainment with total temperature at 3keV has been demonstrated.
Fast ion D(a) diagnostic (FIDA) on C-2W
November 2020 | L. Morton | APS-DPP | Poster
Fast ions diagnostics are important for C-2W. Data from mCHERS demonstrates feasibility of FIDA measurement…
Density Fluctuations Measured by FIR Interferometer System in C-2W FRC
November 2020 | B. Deng | APS-DPP | Poster
In the TAE Technologies current experimental device, C-2W, record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams
Beam-driven ion-cyclotron modes in the scrape-off layer of a field-reversed configuration
November 2020 | B.S. Nicks | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
In the scrape-off-layer (SOL) of a field-reversed configuration, neutral beam injection can drive
modes in the vicinity of the ion-cyclotron frequency
Detection and Prediction of a Beam-Driven Mode in Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma With Recurrent Neural Networks
October 2020 | C. Scott | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Energetic beams excite semi-repetitive modes (‘staircase mode’) in the field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma.
Correlation of global instabilities with high-frequency fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of C-2W
October 2019 | Tadafumi Matsumoto | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”) [1], record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained