January 2019 | R. M. Magee | Nature Physics | Paper
30 ms steady state C-2W plasma sustainment has been achieved. 400 eV record electron temperature has been demonstrated.
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February 2018 | J.A. Romero | Nature Communications | Paper
Active control of field reversed configuration (FRC) devices requires a method to determine the flux surface geometry and dynamic properties of the plasma during both transient and steady-state conditions.
November 2017 | H. Gota | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The TAE Technologies experimental program has demonstrated reliable field-reversed configuration (FRC) formation and sustainment, driven by fast ions via high-power neutral-beam (NB) injection.
July 2017 | E. A. Baltz | Scientific Reports | Paper
TAE and Google have partnered to combine human and machine interaction to further plasma science using their “Optometrist Algorithm.”
December 2016 | L. Schmitz | Nature Communications | Paper
An economic magnetic fusion reactor favours a high ratio of plasma kinetic pressure to magnetic pressure in a well-confined, hot plasma with low thermal losses across the confining magnetic field.
May 2015 | M. Binderbauer | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Conventional field-reversed configurations (FRCs), high-beta, prolate compact toroids embedded in poloidal magnetic fields, face notable stability and confinement concerns.
April 2015 | H. Guo | Nature Communications | Paper
Developing a stable plasma state with high-beta (ratio of plasma to magnetic pressures) is of critical importance for an economic magnetic fusion reactor.
Field Reversed Configuration Confinement Enhancement through Edge Biasing and Neutral Beam Injection
June 2012 | M. Tuszewski | Physical Review Letters | Paper
Field reversed configurations (FRCs) with high confinement are obtained in the C-2 device by combining plasma gun edge biasing and neutral beam injection.
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October 2019 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP | Poster
30 ms steady state C-2W plasma sustainment has been achieved. 400 eV record electron temperature has been demonstrated.
October 2019 | Erik Trask | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”)[1], record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC)
October 2019 | L. Steinhauer | APS-DPP | Poster
Tangibles” = inputs to Grushenka: what can be measured. Intangibles” = outputs from Grushenka: what can’t be directlymeasured
October 2019 | T. Roche | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies current experimental device, C-2W (also called Norman),1 record breaking, advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained
October 2019 | G. Player | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”) [1], record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state
October 2019 | Manjit Kaur | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”) [1], record-breaking,
advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced
October 2019 | Francesco Ceccherini | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W, record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state…
October 2019 | R. Clary | APS-DPP | Poster
The C-2W device (aka “Norman”)[1] produces advanced beam-driven field re- versed configuration (FRC) plasmas. Variable energy neutral beam injection…
Correlation of global instabilities with high-frequency fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of C-2W
October 2019 | Tadafumi Matsumoto | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”) [1], record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas are produced and sustained
October 2019 | E. Parke | APS-DPP | Poster
Measurements of the equilibrium profiles and fluctuations of the plasma density and magnetic field are critical for understanding FRC behavior and improving performance
October 2019 | M. Beall | APS-DPP | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”) [1], record breaking, advanced beam-driven field reversed configuration (FRC)
October 2019 | P.C. Norgaard | APS-DPP | Poster
A holistic, high-fidelity plasma reconstruction based on Bayesian inference is applied to study the advanced beam-driven Field Reversed Configuration (FRC)
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