Oct 2018 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fast Particles, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
August 2018 | N. G. Bolte | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
TAE Technologies’s advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration device has a large fast-ion population, allowing for fast-ion D-alpha (FIDA) studies.
Oct 2018 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
July 2018 | M. E. Griswold | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A suite of diagnostics was developed to measure particle and heat fluxes arriving at the divertor elec- trodes of the C-2W experiment at TAE Technologies.
Oct 2018 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fast Particles, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
July 2018 | R. M. Magee | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Neutral beam injected fast ions play a dominant role in both the field reversed configuration (FRC) at TAE Technologies and the Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) reversed field pinch (RFP), making fast ion diagnosis a major pillar of both research programs.
Sep 2018 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
Septembe 2018 | T. Matsumoto | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Field-reversed configurations (FRCs) are axisymmetric,
compact plasmas characterized by high β (the ratio of kinetic
to magnetic pressure).
Sep 2018 | Research Library, Papers, Diagnostics, Experiment, Fusion Energy, Fusion Research, Fusion Science, Fusion Technology, Plasma Research
September 2018 | R. Smith | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
The C-2W device generates a field reversed configuration
(FRC) plasma in a 1.6 m diameter Inconel confinement vessel
(CV) by forming and accelerating two FRCs in opposite direc-
tions to collide and merge in the CV.