November 2023 | Y. Musthafa | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
C-2W’s ensemble of neutral
beams includes four static energy 15 keV H/D beams, four tunable energy 15-40 keV H/D beams, and one 40 keV diagnostic beam.
November 2023 | Y. Fujiwara | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The FIDA spectrum was extracted from active measurements using a midplane array of sightlines passing through a diagnostic neutral beam.
November 2023 | T. Matsumoto | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
As an alternative particle fueling mechanism, the Compact Toroid Injector (CTI) system has been in development since the C-2 device.
November 2023 | S. Nicks | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Fluid-derived critical lengths2 show qualitative agreement with kinetic AIC stabilization threshold.
November 2023 | T. DeHaas | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The current experimental device, C-2W (Norman), has demonstrated significant progress in FRC performance, reliability, repeatability, and control.
November 2023 | S. Karbashewski | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
A workhorse diagnostic for investigating magnetic fluctuations in C-2W is a
Mirnov probe array comprising 3-axis magnetic probes for sensing “B-dot”
fluctuations at the CV wall arranged in evenly spaced rings.
November 2023 | R. Smith | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Pulsed polarimetry is a LIDAR technique which uses the intensity and state of polarization of the emission to yield local measurements of density
November 2023 | M. Litton | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
By adjusting gas settings in each NB, this neutral flux was minimized. Localized wall heating was reduced and fast ion confinement times in the FRC plasma were improved by 25%.
November 2023 | M. Nations | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
DNB enables local main-ion measurements with improved spatial resolution defined by the intersection volume between the diagnostic neutral beam and optical sightlines
November 2023 | L. Tang | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
High speed IR thermography can measure heat deposition on plasma-facing components, for machine monitoring and insight into plasma power losses.