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Published on: August 15, 2014
Field reversed configuration confinement enhancement through edge biasing and neutral beam injection
M Tuszewski1, A Smirnov, M C Thompson
1Tri Alpha Energy, Inc, PO Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA.
Abstract:
Field reversed configurations (FRCs) with high confinement are obtained in the C-2 device by combining plasma gun edge biasing and neutral beam injection. The plasma gun creates an inward radial electric field that counters the usual FRC spin-up. The n = 2 rotational instability is stabilized without applying quadrupole magnetic fields. The FRCs are nearly axisymmetric, which enables fast ion confinement. The plasma gun also produces E × B shear in the FRC edge layer, which may explain the observed improved particle transport. The FRC confinement times are improved by factors 2 to 4, and the plasma lifetimes are extended from 1 to up to 4 ms.
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