Jun 2019 | Research Library, Papers, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Instabilities, Plasma Research, Simulation, Top Level, Transport, Turbulence
June 2019 | C.K. Lau | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Recent local simulations of the field-reversed configuration (FRC) have reported drift-wave stability in the core and instability in the scrape-off layer (SOL). However, experimental measurements indicate the existence of fluctuations in both FRC core and SOL, with much lower amplitude fluctuations measured in the core.
Aug 2017 | Research Library, Papers, Equilibrium, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Simulation, Stability, Theory, Turbulence, Waves
August 2017 | C. K. Lau | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Gyrokinetic simulations of C-2-like field-reversed configuration (FRC) find that electrostatic drift- waves are locally stable in the core. The stabilization mechanisms include finite Larmor radius effects, magnetic well (negative grad-B), and fast electron short circuit effects.
