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.

Gyrokinetic particle simulation of a field reversed configuration

Gyrokinetic particle simulation of a field reversed configuration

January 2016 | D. Fulton | Physics of Plasmas | Paper

Gyrokinetic particle simulation of the field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been developed using the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC). The magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium is mapped from cylindrical coordinates to Boozer coordinates for the FRC core and scrape-off layer (SOL), respectively.