April 2025 | T. Roche | Nature Communications | Paper
We report evidence of successful generation of field-reversed configuration plasmas by neutral beam injection. This is achieved by trapping the steady state beams in an initial seed plasma, hence providing a direct source of toroidally directed energetic ion current and increase plasma …
April 2022 | T. Roche | ECPD 2023 | Poster
Overview of C-2W Diagnostic Systems and Experimental Results
October 2022 | T. Roche | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
The experimental device C-2W, also known as Norman, was initially optimized in early 2019 to performance levels up to and exceeding its specified design points
June 2022 | T. Roche | TOFE | Presentation
C-2W’s diagnostic suite verifies our history making FRC Fusion Reactor progress. Key diagnostics has allow progress on answering key physics questions and enhancing understanding.
May 2022 | T.Roche | HTPD | Poster
This fully operational experiment is coupled with a fully operational suite of advanced diagnostic systems. The suite consists of 60+ individual systems spanning 20 categories, including: magnetic sensors, Thomson scattering…