Neutral beam dump with cathodic arc titanium gettering
March 2011 | A. Smirnov | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
An incomplete neutral beam capture can degrade the plasma performance in neutral beam driven plasma machines.
Combined FRC and mirror plasma studies in the C-2 device
January 2011 | M. Tuszewski | Transactions of Fusion Science and Technology | Paper
The Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) is a high-beta Compact Toroid that includes closed and open field line regions of poloidal magnetic field.
Doppler spectroscopy and D-alpha emission diagnostics for the C-2 FRC plasma
October 2010 | D. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Two Doppler spectroscopy diagnostics with complementary capabilities are developed to measure the ion temperatures and velocities of FRC plasmas in the C-2 device.
Spectroscopic measurement of ion temperature and ion velocity distributions in the flux-coil generated FRC
October 2010 | D. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
One aim of the flux-coil generated field reversed configuration at TAE Technologies TAE is to establish the plasma where the ion rotational energy is greater than the ion thermal energy.
Two-color CO2/HeNe laser interferometer for C-2 experiment
October 2010 | O. Gornostaeva | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A six-channel two-color interferometer has been developed for plasma electron density measurements in the C-2 field reversed configuration experiment.