August 2014 | H. Gota | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A comprehensive diagnostic suite for field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas has been developed and installed on the C-2 device at TAE Technologies to investigate the dynamics of FRC formation as well as to understand key FRC physics properties, e.g., confinement and stability, throughout a discharge.
June 2014 | H. Gota | HTPD | Poster
FRC plasmas are well diagnosed in the C-2 device; > 50 diagnostic systems. C-2 extensive diag suite provides understanding of basic physics of FRC plasmas.
November 2013 | H. Guo | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2 achieved new High Confinement FRC regime with dramatically improved stability & confinement.
September 2013 | H. Gota | US-Japan CT Workshop | Presentation
Demonstration of a High Performance FRC (HPF) regime by combining effects of edge-biasing from end-on plasma guns and of neutral-beam injection.
August 2013 | H. Guo | GA Seminar | Presentation
Simple geometry for ease of construction & maintenance. C-2 achieved new High Confinement Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) regime with dramatically improved stability & confinement.
May 2013 | H. Gota | Transactions of Fusion Science and Technology | Paper
Field reversed configurations (FRCs) with high confinement are obtained in the C-2 device by combining plasma gun edge biasing and neutral beam injection.