Modeling of hydrogen plasma-material interactions with reactive metals
November 2023 | J. Drobny | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Attractive-repulsive potentials reproduce low energy reflection coefficients better than screened Coulomb potentials
Fostering Faster Vent Recovery Times in C-2W Using Glow Discharge Cleaning
November 2023 | J. Barrett | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Restoring wall conditions in C-2W (Norman)—TAE Technologies’ present fusion device—after a vent is critical to
produce high quality field-reverse configuration (FRC) plasmas
Prototype C-2W scrape off layer helium line ratio spectroscopy system and preliminary measurement results
November 2023 | J. MacFarlane | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Polychromator system used to filter a single observed line of sight into the three wavelengths of interest
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.