Comparison of Theta-Pinch Generated and Beam Generated FRCs Electron Density Profiles in C-2W

November 2025 | M. Beall | APS DPP 2025 | Presentation

Talk Overview:
▪ C-2W now can form plasmas with Neutral Beam Injection (NBI)
▪ Electron density profiles measured by FIR interferometry
▪ Profile shape parameterization
▪ Overall similar, but larger

First time-resolved electron density measurements in the C-2W Advanced Field Reversed Configuration plasmas from long-path compact second-harmonic interferometer

First time-resolved electron density measurements in the C-2W Advanced Field Reversed Configuration plasmas from long-path compact second-harmonic interferometer

April 2018 | M. Beall | HTPD2018 | Poster

The C-2W experiment is an axially symmetric device with formation sections producing and accelerating plasmoids via theta-pinch which collide in a central confinement vessel (CV) and form a hot, stable FRC