Neutral Beam Injection in the C-2 Facility
September 2012 | US-Japan CT Workshop | Presentation
A versatile, robust and highly reliable NBI system was built, tested and integrated with the C-2 experiment. NBI improves the plasma performance.
Intercoupled confinement in FRCs
September 2012 | US-Japan CT Workshop | Presentation
FRC Control with Plasma Guns
September 2012 | US-Japan CT Workshop | Presentation
Most plasma gun potential is realized. Good communication with FRC. Plasma gun provides E, Control and line-tying. Improved FRC Stability (rotational modes)
Development of a negative ion-based neutral beam injector in Novosibirsk
September 2012 | NIBS | Presentation
The negative-ion based injector of a hydrogen neutral beam with the energy of 500- 1000 keV is being developed in the Budker Institute.
Long-path second-harmonic interferometer with nanosecond time resolution: reliable diagnostic tool for electron density measurement in pulsed plasma devices
September 2012 | Optics Letters | Paper
We describe the performance of a second-harmonic interferometer (SHI) to measure, on an optical path exceeding 12 m, the electron plasma density of two plasmoids formed in separate theta-pinch chambers and then merged in a central compression chamber after undergoing acceleration and compression.
A High Performance Field-Reversed Configuration Regime in the C-2 Device
August 2012 | Open Systems | Presentation
High temperature, stable, long-lived FRC state, so-called High Performance FRC (HPF), has been produced in the C-2 device.
Example of System Integration for TAE C-2 Experiment – Gas Introduction System Using cRIO
August 2012 | NI-Week | Poster
A gas introduction system for C2 machine was designed, developed and commissioned and is now in use.
Measurements of neutral density profiles using a deuterium Balmer-alpha diagnostic in the C-2 FRC plasma
August 2012 | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
In C-2 field-reversed configuration (FRC) device, low neutral density outside the FRC separatrix is required to minimize the charge exchange loss of fast particles.
Electron density and temperature profile diagnostics for C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas
August 2012 | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
The 9-point Thomson scattering diagnostic system for the C-2 field reversed configuration plasmas is improved and the measured electron temperature profiles are consistent with theoretical expectations.
Modulated active charge exchange fast ion diagnostic for the C-2 field reversed configuration experiment
July 2012 | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
A diagnostic technique for measuring the fast-ion energy distribution in a field-reversed configuration plasma was developed and tested on the C-2 experiment.