May 2012 | S. Korepanov | HTPD | Poster
A diagnostic technique for measuring the fast-ion energy distribution in a field-reversed configuration plasma was developed and tested on the C-2 experiment.
May 2012 | M. Thompson | HTPD | Poster
Magnetic measurements are a fundamental part of determining the size and shape of field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas in the C-2 device.
March 2012 | M. Tuszewski | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Large field reversed configurations (FRCs) are produced in the C-2 device by combining dynamic formation and merging processes.
December 2011 | A. Ivanov | ICIS | Presentation
Based on several decades of experimental and theoretical research of Plasma Configuration with a Reversed magnetic Field (FRC) , it is presently considered as an alternative venue for steady state and/or pulsed CTF.
November 2011 | M. Tuszewski | APS-DPP | Presentation
November 2011 | R. Clary | APS-DPP | Poster
The TAE Technologies C-2 device [1,2] aims to explore confinement properties of colliding Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasmas, augmented with neutral beam injection.
November 2011 | B. Deng | APS-DPP | Poster
Plasma equilibrium profiles and fluctuations in the C-2 field reversed configuration (FRC) experiment [M. W. Binderbauer et al, Phys.Rev.Lett. 105, 045003 (2010)] are measured under various operation conditions.
November 2011 | L. Galeotti | APS-DPP | Poster
We present an analytical derivation in cylindrical geometry of the Finite Larmor Radius approximation for the wave equations in the cyclotron frequency range.
November 2011 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
Although high rotation velocity in a FRC may lead to rotational instabilities, it is also believed that shear flow helps in improving FRC stability and transport.
November 2011 | S. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
A Quasi-1D (Q1D) transport code is developed at Tri Alpha for predicting and interpreting the macroscopic time evolution of FRC plasmas.