Mar 2016 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Edge Control, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Stability, Transport, Turbulence
March 2016 | L. Schmitz | AIP Conference Proceedings | Paper
Control of radial particle and thermal transport is instrumental for achieving and sustaining well-confined high-β plasma in a Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC). Radial profiles of low frequency ion gyro-scale density fluctuations (0.5 ≤ kρs ≤ 40), consistent with drift- or drift-interchange modes, have been measured in the scrape-off layer (SOL) and core of the C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC), together with the toroidal ExB velocity.
Mar 2016 | Research Library, Papers, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Modeling, Stability, Theory, Transport, Waves
March 2016 | T. Tajima | AIP Conference Proceedings | Paper
Norman Rostoker pioneered research of (1) plasma-driven accelerators and (2) beam-driven fusion reactors. The collective acceleration, coined by Veksler, advocates to drive above-ionization plasma waves by an electron beam to accelerate ions. The research on this, among others, by the Rostoker group incubated the idea that eventually led to the birth of the laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA), by which a large and robust accelerating collective fields may be generated in plasma in which plasma remains robust and undisrupted.
Mar 2016 | Papers, Research Library
March 2016 | Michl Binderbauer | AIP Publishing | Paper
The Norman Rostoker Memorial Symposium honored the late Professor Norman Rostoker for his legacy and contributions to TAE, UC Irvine, and to the field of fusion-powered electricity.
Mar 2016 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Top Level
March 2016 | M. E. Griswold | AIP Conference Proceedings | Paper
An end loss analyzer system was developed to study thermal transport on the open field lines that surround the advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) core of the C-2U experiment. The system is mounted directly to the divertor electrode and consists of gridded retarding-potential analyzers that measure ion current density and ion energy as well as pyroelectric crystal bolometers that measure the total power flux.
Jan 2016 | Research Library, Papers, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Instabilities, Simulation, Theory, Turbulence
January 2016 | D. Fulton | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Gyrokinetic particle simulation of the field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been developed using the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC). The magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium is mapped from cylindrical coordinates to Boozer coordinates for the FRC core and scrape-off layer (SOL), respectively.