August 2012 | D. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) device, low neutral density outside the FRC separatrix is required to minimize the charge exchange loss of fast particles.
August 2012 | B. Deng | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
The 9-point Thomson scattering diagnostic system for the C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas is improved and the measured electron temperature profiles are consistent with theoretical expectations.
July 2012 | S. Korepanov | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
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.
July 2012 | R. Clary | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A neutral particle bolometer (NPB) has been designed and implemented on the TAE Technologies C-2 device in order to spatially and temporally resolve the charge-exchange losses of fast-ion populations originating from neutral beam injection into field-reversed configuration plasmas.
July 2012 | M. Thompson | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Magnetic measurements are a fundamental part of determining the size and shape of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas in the C-2 device.
June 2012 | H. Gota | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma has been produced in the C-2 device by dynamically colliding and merging two oppositely directed, highly supersonic compact toroids (CTs).
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.
June 2012 | T. Roche | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A 16 chord optical tomography system has been developed and implemented in the flux coil generated-field reversed configuration (FRC).
May 2012 | R. Clary | HTPD | Poster
A neutral particle bolometer (NPB) has been designed and implemented on the TAE Technologies C-2 device in order to spatially and temporally resolve the charge-exchange losses of fast-ion populations originating from neutral beam injection into field reversed configuration plasmas.
May 2012 | B. Deng | HTPD | Poster
Improvements of the 9-point Thomson scattering diagnostic system for C2 field reversed configuration plasmas and measured electron temperature profiles consistent with theoretical expectations are presented.