July 2012 | M. Thompson | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
Magnetic measurements are a fundamental part of determining the size and shape of field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasmas in the C-2 device.
June 2012 | H. Gota | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma has been produced in the C-2 device by dynamically colliding and merging two oppositely directed, highly supersonic compact toroids (CTs).
May 2012 | B. Deng | HTPD | Poster
Improvements of the 9-point Thomson scattering diagnostic system for C2 field reversed configuration plasmas and measured electron temperature profiles consistent with theoretical expectations are presented.
May 2012 | H. Gota | HTPD | Poster
A reversed-field structure of the translated CTs and final merged FRC state have been directly verified by probing the internal magnetic field structure using a multi-channel magnetic probe array near the midplane of the C-2 confinement chamber.
May 2012 | D. Gupta | HTPD | Poster
In C-2 FRC device, low neutral density outside the FRC separatrix is required to minimize the loss of fast particles.