August 2014 | R. Magee | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Measurements of the flux of fusion products from high temperature plasmas provide valuable insights into the ion energy distribution, as the fusion reaction rate is a very sensitive function of ion energy.
August 2014 | L. Schmitz | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A versatile heterodyne Doppler Backscattering (DBS) system is used to measure density fluctuation levels (in the wavenumber range kρs ≤ 50), and the toroidal E × B flow velocity in the C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC).
August 2014 | H. Gota | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A comprehensive diagnostic suite for field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas has been developed and installed on the C-2 device at TAE Technologies to investigate the dynamics of FRC formation as well as to understand key FRC physics properties, e.g., confinement and stability, throughout a discharge.
August 2014 | B. Deng | EPR Workshop | Presentation
Improvements in C-2 FRC experiment, and the development of the high performance FIR laser scattering diagnostics provide a great opportunity for fluctuation and transport studies in CT plasmas.
July 2014 | T. Roche | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Several in situ probes have been designed and implemented into the diagnostic array of the C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) at TAE Technologies.
July 2014 | T. Roche | Plasma Sources Science and Technology | Paper
Diffusion of test-ions in a flux-coil generated, collisional, field-reversed configuration is measured via time-resolved tomographic reconstruction of Ar+ optical emission in the predominantly nitrogen plasma.
June 2014 | B. Deng | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A two-chord far infrared (FIR) laser polarimeter for high speed sub-degree Faraday rotation measurements in the C-2 field reversed configuration experiment is described.
June 2014 | H. Gota | HTPD | Poster
FRC plasmas are well diagnosed in the C-2 device; > 50 diagnostic systems. C-2 extensive diag suite provides understanding of basic physics of FRC plasmas.
June 2014 | L. Schmitz | HTPD | Poster
At higher toroidal wave number, the density level fluctuation decreases exponentially. Fluctuation levels are very low in FRC core.
June 2014 | R. Clary | HTPD | Poster
The C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) experiment has achieved operating regime exceeding empirical scaling laws.