Helicon waves in FRC configurations
October 2022 | F. Ceccherini | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
The full-wave code RF_Pisa has been extended to model the so-called Helicon regime. These waves are whistler-type waves with a two-branch dispersion relation.
Measurement of End Losses from C-2W’s Open Field line Plasma
October 2022 | M. Griswold | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W, the FRC core plasma is surrounded by a mirror-confined scrape-off layer on open field lines
Neutral Beam Injection on C-2W
October 2022 | J. Titus | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
There are eight heating neutral beam injectors and one diagnostics neutral beam injector on the C-2W experiment
Orbit-Space Integrated Data Analysis of Fast Ions in the C-2W Field Reversed Configuration
October 2022 | G. Player | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
The suite of fast ion diagnostics on the C-2W device include neutral particle analyzers (NPAs), scintillating neutron detectors, silicon proton detectors, and particle bolometers
Monitoring Impurities and Hydrogen Isotopes Using Survey Spectroscopy in C-2W
October 2022 | Y. Musthafa | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
An extensive suite of survey spectrometers has been deployed on C-2W in order to understand the spatial profile and time evolution of the plasma composition
Z-effective measurements using visible Bremsstrahlung radiation during impurity injection experiments in C-2W
October 2022 | J. Sweeney | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
Z-effective increase after injection was followed by a delayed rise in electron density. For Argon injection, this included a significant drop in electron temperature.
Effect of mirror and confinement vessel fields on the power flows from biased electrodes to the FRC electrons
October 2022 | M. Kaur | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
NB-driven FRC plasmas stay in a steady-state for long time and allow a thorough study of electron heating mechanisms. Core plasma 𝑇𝑒
shows a strong correlation with 𝑃𝐵𝑖𝑎𝑠.
Towards a Direct Internal Magnetic Field Measurement of a Translating Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma on C-2W
October 2022 | A. Bondarenko | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
Record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams (15 – 40 keV, total power up to 20 MW)
Microwave to THz diagnostic opportunities on FRC plasmas of TAE’s Norman and Copernicus devices
October 2022 | R. Smith | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
Both the TAE Norman and the future TAE Copernicus devices can provide a platform to implement several of the microwave diagnostics currently employed on Tokamak devices
Density Profiles for Different Plasmas and Configurations in C-2W FRCs
October 2022 | C. Deng | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
TAE Technologies current experimental device, record breaking, advanced beam-driven, high temperature FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams, advanced divertors, end bias electrodes, and an active plasma control system.