April 2018 | D. Gupta | HTPD2018 | Poster
Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy (ChERS) diagnostics will provide measurements of ion temperature, velocity and density profiles in C-2W field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas.
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October 2016 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2U has achieved steady-state operation of advanced beam driven FRCs using neutral beam injection and edge biasing.
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October 2014 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
Measurements of ion temperature profile and its time evolution is important for the understanding of FRC confinement and transport properties.
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June 2014 | D. Gupta | HTPD | Poster
In a FRC, ion temperature profiles dynamics is crucial to understand the FRC confinement.
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November 2013 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
To better understand and quantify the radial momentum balance in the C2 FRC plasma, experiments are performed with the mixture of Helium and Deuterium.
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November 2012 | D. Gupta | APS-DPP | Poster
In the C-2 FRC plasma, low impurities densities are essential to keep the radiation losses low as well as to achieve stable high performance FRC (HPF) plasma operation.
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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.
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May 2012 | D. Gupta | HTPD | Poster
In C-2 FRC device, low neutral density outside the FRC separatrix is required to minimize the loss of fast particles.
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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.
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October 2010 | D. Gupta | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Two Doppler spectroscopy diagnostics with complementary capabilities are developed to measure the ion temperatures and velocities of FRC plasmas in the C-2 device.
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