July 2026 | S. Ishiwata (Nihon Univ.) | Journal of Plasmas Physics | Paper
Collisional merging experiments on field-reversed configurations (FRCs) in the FRC amplification via translation–collisional merging (FAT-CM) device have suggested that the mirror magnetic field strength influences the final merged plasma state.
May 2026 | D. Kobayashi (Nihon Univ.) | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The damping process of magnetic turbulence induced by the collisional merging of field-reversed configurations (FRCs) was investigated using the FAT-CM device at Nihon University. Two FRC-like plasmoids collided at super-Alfvénic and supersonic speeds.
July 2025 | M. Onofri | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
In the Norm experiment at TAE Technologies, a reversed field configuration (FRC) is formed by reversing the magnetic field of a mirror
configuration using neutral beam injection.
January 2024 | T. Asai | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
Rapid magnetic reconnection was experimentally observed to occur within a microsecond timescale, leading to the field-reversed configuration (FRC) comprising a single closed magnetic field structure.
November 2023 | I. Allfrey | APS DPP 2023 | Poster
Newly developed magnetized coaxial plasma guns (MCPG) where counter-helicity spheromak merging
generates a high-flux FRC have been investigated for use in FRC fueling and re-fluxing