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Summary
• The TAE research program has been successful due to the agility and close interaction between experiment, theory, and engineering groups
• Emphasis on realism in simulation group
• Most key physics can be understood by theory/simulation
• Hot FRC is formed by thermalization of fast colliding FRCs
• Tilt mode is avoided by kinetic effects & equilibrium parameter control
• Low order flute modes are mitigated by end biasing
• NB injection provides heating and current drive, extends FRC lifetime by factor ~ 5
• Transport codes indicate effective NB heating and current drive
• Kinetic Microstability codes under development for whole-domain
modeling
• Imminent large experiment upgrade to apply lessons learned
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