Langmuir probe diagnostic suite in the C‐2 FRC
June 2014 | T. Roche | HTPD | Poster
Langmuir probes have the seductive quality of promising quick and easy direct measurements of plasma parameters.
Far infrared laser polarimetry and far forward scattering diagnostics for the C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas
June 2014 | B. Deng | HTPD | Poster
Real time resolved high speed, sub-degree Faraday rotation measurements.
Upgraded Doppler Spectroscopy Diagnostic and Spectral Inversion Technique for Time-Resolved Ion Velocity and Temperature Profiles on C-2 FRC Plasmas
June 2014 | D. Gupta | HTPD | Poster
In a FRC, ion temperature profiles dynamics is crucial to understand the FRC confinement.
Spectroscopic Measurements of Ion Temperature and Rotation of Two Ion Components in C-2 FRC Plasma
May 2014 | D. Osin | 2014 ICOPS | Presentation
Mechanisms of Ion Rotation require further investigation. Fast Ions and Field Curvature contribute significantly to the pressure balance.
Plasma Theory as Private Enterprise
March 2014 | D. Barnes | 2014 Sherwood | Presentation
Hybrid magneto-hydrodynamic simulation of a driven FRC
June 2014 | H.U. Rahman | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
We simulate a field-reversed configuration (FRC), produced by an “inductively driven” FRC experiment; comprised of a central-flux coil and exterior-limiter coil. To account for the plasma kinetic behavior, a standard 2-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic code is modified to preserve the azimuthal, two-fluid behavior.
Rotational stability a long field-reversed configuration
February 2014 | D. Barnes | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Rotationally driven modes of long systems with dominantly axial magnetic field are considered. We apply the incompressible model and order axial wavenumber small. A recently developed gyro-viscous model is incorporated. A one-dimensional equilibrium is assumed, but radial profiles are arbitrary.
Rotational stability of a long field-reversed configuration
February 2014 | D. Barnes | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Rotationally driven modes of long systems with dominantly axial magnetic field are considered. An
Spectroscopic Measurements of Ion Temperature and Plasma Rotation in C-2 FRC plasmas
November 2013 | D. Osin | APS-DPP | Poster
In FRC plasmas impurity ions may not be in thermal and rotational equilibria.
Transport simulations of an FRC plasma with neutral beam injection
November 2013 | M. Onofri | APS-DPP | Poster
The evolution of a Field Reversed Configuration with neutral beam injection is studied using the Q2D code.