November 2025 | C. Lau | APS DPP 2025 | Poster
CLAUS is a new non-variational eigenvalue solver, which is a modern implementation of the dispersion functional approach based on the Vlasov-Maxwell model and developed specifically for high-đť›˝ plasmas with analytically intractable particle orbits.
November 2025 | A. Bondarenko | APS DPP 2025 | Poster
TAE Technologies’ fifth-generation fusion research device C-2W1 utilizes neutral beam injection and edge biasing to sustain long-lived, stable field reversed configuration (FRC)2 plasma embedded within a magnetic mirror.
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.
November 2025 | J. Barrett | APS DPP 2025 | Poster
Maintaining ultra-high vacuum is critical for sustaining high-performance field reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas in TAE’s latest fusion device—Norm [1]. Titanium gettering plays a pivotal role in maintaining vessel base pressures of 1 ” 10!” Torr or lower, suppressing impurities in the vessel…
November 2025 | R. Groenewald | APS DPP 2025 | Presentation
Overview of NORM (C-2W) Fusion Device –
NORM uses Neutral Beams and End-Biasing Systems to form and sustain either Mirror Plasmas or Field-Reversed
Configurations (FRCs) – see Roche et al., Nature Comm, 16, 3487 (2025) for NBI formed FRC report.