March 2021 | T. Roche | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental fusion device, C-2W, record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable-energy neutral beams, expander divertors, end-bias electrodes, and an active plasma control system.
November 2020 | B.S. Nicks | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
In the scrape-off-layer (SOL) of a field-reversed configuration, neutral beam injection can drive
modes in the vicinity of the ion-cyclotron frequency
November 2020 | L. Steinhauer | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
A reconstructor tool is developed for fast computation of fully two-dimensional equilibria of FRCs that are consistent with routine magnetic data from experiments.
October 2020 | C. Scott | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Energetic beams excite semi-repetitive modes (‘staircase mode’) in the field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma.
September 2020 | X. Yang | AIP Conference Proceedings | Paper
Simulation survey performed at TAE Technologies, has demonstrated that HHFW heating is a promising scenario to heat core electrons of FRC plasma.