High Performance Field-Reversed Configurations in the C-2 Device

High Performance Field-Reversed Configurations in the C-2 Device

November 2012 | H. Gota | APS-DPP | Poster

A high temperature, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma state has been produced in the C-2 device by dynamically colliding and merging two oppositely directed compact toroids, by biasing edge plasma near the FRC separatrix from a plasma-gun (PG) located at one end of the C-2 device, and by neutral-beam (NB) injection.

Internal Magnetic Field Measurement on C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas

Internal Magnetic Field Measurement on C-2 Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas

May 2012 | H. Gota | HTPD | Poster

A reversed-field structure of the translated CTs and final merged FRC state have been directly verified by probing the internal magnetic field structure using a multi-channel magnetic probe array near the midplane of the C-2 confinement chamber.

A Well-Confined Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma Formed by Dynamic Merging of Two Colliding Compact Toroids in C-2

A Well-Confined Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma Formed by Dynamic Merging of Two Colliding Compact Toroids in C-2

August 2011 | H. Gota | Proceedings of ICC-2011 | Paper

A high temperature, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma state has been produced in the C-2 device by dynamically colliding and merging two oppositely directed, highly supersonic compact toroids (CTs).