November 2021 | L. Zakharov | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
In the TAE C-2W experiment, confinement and stability of Field Reversed Configurations (FRC) relies on the presence of energetic ions from neutral beam injection and their relatively large Larmor radius.
November 2021 | L. Schmitz | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
We investigate here the interaction of the mirror plasma scrape-off layer, characterized by drift-interchange turbulence with an exponential toroidal wavenumber spectrum, and the much more quiescent FRC core, characterized by very low ion-scale turbulence levels, and a flat or inverted toroidal wavenumber spectrum.
November 2021 | L. Morton | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
We present new results from the Fast Ion D-Alpha (FIDA) on C-2W using modulation of the heating neutral beams, as an alternative to the diagnostic neutral beam.
November 2021 | J. Sweeney | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
The C-2W experiment utilizes neutral beams and electrode biasing to sustain and heat FRC plasmas, but electrode biasing can result in electrode arcing
November 2021 | G. Player | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”), record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams (15 – 40 keV, total power up to 20 MW)…
November 2021 | F. Ceccherini | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs) are characterized by particular electric and magnetic field geometries that are due to the presence of unique particle orbit types as so-called Betatron, Drift, Fig8 and Type 1 orbits.