November 2025 | T. Roche | APS DPP 2025 | Presentation
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 …
November 2025 | T. Roche | APS DPP 2025 | 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 …
November 2024 | J. Romero | HPC | Presentation
The FRC suits aneutronic fuels ideally. Norman confines FRC plasma in an accessible linear device. Feedback control maintains stable, steady-state plasma. Bayesian inference enables holistic data analysis. Machine learning accelerates commercial energy development.
October 2024 | M. Nations | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
Experiments on C-2W demonstrate enhanced ion heating through beam-driven waves, where fast-ion energy is directly transferred to thermal ions via wave-particle interactions, resulting in sustained high ion temperatures and improved plasma performance.
October 2024 | S. Dettrick | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
TAE Technologies reports advancements in plasma performance and stability for C-2W through optimized neutral beam injection, new diagnostic tools, and enhanced modeling frameworks, demonstrating improved ion heating, extended plasma lifetimes, and effective wall conditioning.
November 2023 | T. DeHaas | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The current experimental device, C-2W (Norman), has demonstrated significant progress in FRC performance, reliability, repeatability, and control.