November 2023 | G. Player | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
The C-2W advanced beam-driven FRC device utilizes 15-40 keV neutral beams to create a large population of fast ions, which are critically important for FRC heating, current drive, and stabilization.
October 2022 | G. Player | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
The suite of fast ion diagnostics on the C-2W device include neutral particle analyzers (NPAs), scintillating neutron detectors, silicon proton detectors, and particle bolometers
October 2022 | G. Player | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The electron temperature is a vital parameter in understanding the dynamics of fusion
plasmas, helping to determine basic properties of the system, stability, and fast ion lifetime.
November 2021 | G. Player | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W (also called “Norman”), record breaking, advanced beam-driven FRC plasmas are produced and sustained in steady state utilizing variable energy neutral beams (15 – 40 keV, total power up to 20 MW)…
May 2021 | G. Player | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In TAE Technologies’ current experimental device, C-2W, neutral beam injection creates a large fast ion population that sustains a fieldreversed configuration (FRC) plasma.