Overview of the C-2W Experimental Program
November 2021 | T. Roche | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
TAE Technologies, Inc. (TAE) pursues an alternate approach to magnetically-confined fusion, relying on field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas.
Fast Ion Stabilization of the Internal Tilt Mode in C-2W
November 2021 | T. DeHaas | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Traditional FRCs are known to be theoretically unstable to an internal tilt mode whose threshold is characterized by the parameter S*/E.
Kinetic Simulation of Recycling Bifurcation in an Expander Divertor
November 2021 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
An expander divertor can be used to expand the Scrape-Off-Layer flux-tube of a linear device to arbitrary size, providing reduced energy flux to the wall, increased pumping capacity, formation of a pre-sheath for electrostatic confinement of electrons, and…
Internal B field measurements using Pulsed Polarimetry on TAE’s future Copernicus device
November 2021 | R. Smith | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Copernicus will be the next generation field reversed configuration (FRC) device at TAE Technologies.
Main Ion Temperature and Rotation in the C-2W Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) Plasma
November 2021 | R. Marshall | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
One of the newest diagnostics for the C-2W plasma is main ion CHarge Exchange Recombination
Spectroscopy(mCHERS) to measure the main ion temperature and velocity.
The Tearing Mode in C-2W
November 2021 | M. Tobin | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
We report on the observation of axisymmetric periodic deformations of the FRC in external magnetic field and internal electron density measurements in C-2W that appear consistent with the tearing mode.