Overview of Beam Driven FRCs at TAE

November 2025 | S. Dettrick | 2025 US-Japan FRC Workshop | Presentation

Non-inductive start-up, ramp-up, and sustainment of FRC using neutral beams. Experimental validation of Improved Tilt Stability with Neutral Beams. Neutral
Beams can drive Energetic Particle Modes in Steady State FRC. Electrode biasing improves MHD…

Study of the fast-ion acceleration due to the beam-driven modes in C-2W

November 2025 | S. Kamio | APS DPP 2025 | Poster

In C-2U experiments, thermal ion acceleration by a beam-driven wave was observed [R. M. Magee et al. Nat. Phys. 15, 281–286 (2019)]. This thermal ion acceleration is pointed out to dramatically enhance the fusion rate because the beam energy is transferred to thermal ions, bypassing the electron channel…

Experimental and Theoretical Progress on Beam-Driven FRCs in the C-2W Device

November 2025 | M. Nations | APS DPP 2025 | Poster

TAE Technologies’ C-2W device has achieved stable, beam-driven Field-Reversed Configurations (FRCs) maintained for up to 40 ms. Recent advances include real-time plasma control, enhanced fueling via pellets and compact toroids, and the commissioning of new cyclotron resonance heating systems.

Development of New Ion Energy Analyzer for the Energy- and Pitch-Angle-Resolved Measurement for Studying Beam-Driven Field-Reversed Configuration Plasma

November 2025 | S. Ohshima | APS DPP 2025 | Poster

A new ion energy analyzer for energy- and pitch-angle-resolved measurement has been designed and developed, being optimized for beam-driven FRC, C-2W