
Edge/SOL Plasma Parameter/Magnetic Field Profile and Fluctuation Measurements at C-2U Midplane
October 2016 | T. Roche | APS-DPP | Poster
Complete radial profiles of plasma parameters are essential in understanding plasma dynamics.
October 2016 | T. Roche | APS-DPP | Poster
Complete radial profiles of plasma parameters are essential in understanding plasma dynamics.
August 2016 | T. Roche | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
External flux conserving coils were installed onto the exterior of the C-2U confinement vessel to increase the flux confinement time of the system. The 0.5 in. stainless steel vessel wall has a skin time of ⇠5 ms. The addition of the external copper coils e↵ectively increases this time to ⇠7 ms.
July 2014 | T. Roche | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Several in situ probes have been designed and implemented into the diagnostic array of the C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) at TAE Technologies.
July 2014 | T. Roche | Plasma Sources Science and Technology | Paper
Diffusion of test-ions in a flux-coil generated, collisional, field-reversed configuration is measured via time-resolved tomographic reconstruction of Ar+ optical emission in the predominantly nitrogen plasma.
June 2014 | T. Roche | HTPD | Poster
Langmuir probes have the seductive quality of promising quick and easy direct measurements of plasma parameters.