October 2012 | M. Binderbauer | Proceedings of IAEA | Paper
Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs) with high confinement are obtained in the C-2 device by combining plasma gun edge biasing and neutral beam injection.
September 2012 | T. Del Rosso | Optics Letters | Paper
We describe the performance of a second-harmonic interferometer (SHI) to measure, on an optical path exceeding 12 m, the electron plasma density of two plasmoids formed in separate theta-pinch chambers and then merged in a central compression chamber after undergoing acceleration and compression.
August 2012 | D. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) device, low neutral density outside the FRC separatrix is required to minimize the charge exchange loss of fast particles.
August 2012 | B. Deng | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
The 9-point Thomson scattering diagnostic system for the C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas is improved and the measured electron temperature profiles are consistent with theoretical expectations.
July 2012 | S. Korepanov | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A diagnostic technique for measuring the fast-ion energy distribution in a field-reversed configuration plasma was developed and tested on the C-2 experiment.