Oct 2024 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Heating, Overview, Performance, Plasma Research
October 2024 | M. Nations | APS DPP 2024 | Poster
Experiments on C-2W demonstrate enhanced ion heating through beam-driven waves, where fast-ion energy is directly transferred to thermal ions via wave-particle interactions, resulting in sustained high ion temperatures and improved plasma performance.
Nov 2023 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
November 2023 | M. Nations | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
DNB enables local main-ion measurements with improved spatial resolution defined by the intersection volume between the diagnostic neutral beam and optical sightlines
Apr 2023 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
April 2022 | M. Nations | ECPD 2023 | Poster
An extensive suite of advanced spectroscopic diagnostic systems has been developed and deployed on C-2W enabling shot-to-shot as well as ensemble measurements of key plasma parameters from emitted radiation.
Nov 2022 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Impurities, Plasma Research
November 2022 | M. Nations | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In C-2W (also called “Norman”), beam-driven field reversed configuration plasmas embedded in a magnetic mirror are produced and
sustained in a steady state.
Oct 2022 | Research Library, Posters, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
October 2022 | M. Nations | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
Measured helium impurity ion azimuthal velocity and temperature using Doppler spectroscopy in C-2W’s divertor region for the first time