The Role of Limiter Flux in Defining High β Plasma Radius
November 2023 | I. Sato | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Experimentally verify that there is a change in plasma behavior at the limiter flux line in a high – plasma scenario
A 1.21 Gigawatt Pulsed Power System for a Magnetized Coaxial Plasma Gun
November 2023 | I. Allfrey | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Newly developed magnetized coaxial plasma guns (MCPG) where counter-helicity spheromak merging
generates a high-flux FRC have been investigated for use in FRC fueling and re-fluxing
Uncovering Fast Ion Dynamics in Field Reversed Configurations Using Orbital Topology
November 2023 | G. Player | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The C-2W advanced beam-driven FRC device utilizes 15-40 keV neutral beams to create a large population of fast ions, which are critically important for FRC heating, current drive, and stabilization.
Improved reconstruction of neutral distribution in C-2W
November 2023 | E. Granstedt | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Gauge response model free parameters: wall pumping rate, gauge delay time, gauge smoothing time
Reactor Scale, 3D FRC simulations with WarpX’s new hybrid-PIC solver
November 2023 | A. Veksler | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Employ a Hybrid-PIC algorithm with kinetic ions and fluid-like electrons
Statistical analysis of refraction-induced power loss for the C-2W Far-Infrared Interferometer
November 2023 | E. Parke | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
On C-2W (also called “Norman”) record-breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed-configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained in steady stat