Overview of C-2W Diagnostic Systems and Experimental Results
April 2022 | T. Roche | ECPD 2023 | Poster
Overview of C-2W Diagnostic Systems and Experimental Results
A comprehensive spectroscopic diagnostic suite for the C-2W field-reversed configuration device
April 2022 | M. Nations | ECPD 2023 | Poster
An extensive suite of advanced spectroscopic diagnostic systems has been developed and deployed on C-2W enabling shot-to-shot as well as ensemble measurements of key plasma parameters from emitted radiation.
First measurements of p11B fusion in a magnetically confined plasma
February 2023 | R. Magee | Nature Communications | Paper
Proton-boron (p11B) fusion is an attractive potential energy source but technically challenging to implement. Developing techniques to realize its potential requires first developing the experimental capability to produce p11B fusion…
Development of multichord ion Doppler spectroscopy system for toroidal flow measurement of field-reversed configuration
December 2022 | K. Araoka | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A double-chord ion Doppler spectroscopy (IDS) system was developed to measure the ion temperature and flow velocity of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas in the FRC amplification via a translation-collisional merging (FAT-CM) device.
Bayesian inference and calibration of magnetic diagnostics
November 2022 | K. Phung | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
The magnetic diagnostics across TAE Technologies’ compact toroid fusion device include 28 internal and 45 external flux loops that measure poloidal flux and axial field strength, 64 three-axis
Ion kinetic effects and instabilities in the plasma flow in the magnetic mirror
November 2022 | M. Jimenez | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Kinetic effects in plasma flow due to a finite ion temperature and ion reflections in a converging–diverging magnetic nozzle are investigated
with collisionless quasineutral hybrid simulations with kinetic ions and isothermal Boltzmann electrons.