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Fusion Science and Technology Volume 63, 2013 - Issue 1T: Proceedings of the JOINT CONFERENCE OF NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPEN MAGNETIC SYSTEMS FOR PLASMA CONFINEMENT and THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PLASMA MATERIAL INTERACTION FACILITIES FOR FUSION RESEARCH
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A High Performance Field-Reversed Configuration Regime in the C-2 Device

H. GotaTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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M. TuszewskiTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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A. SmirnovTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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S. KorepanovTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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T. AkhmetovBudker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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A. IvanovBudker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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R. VoskoboynikovBudker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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M. W. BinderbauerTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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H. Y. GuoTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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D. BarnesTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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S. AefskyTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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R. BrownTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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D. Q. BuiTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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R. ClaryTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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K. D. ConroyTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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B. H. DengTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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S. A. DettrickTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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J. D. DouglassTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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E. GarateTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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F. J. GlassTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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D. GuptaTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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S. GuptaTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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J. S. KinleyTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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K. KnappTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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M. HollinsTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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A. LongmanTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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X. L. LiTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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Y. LuoTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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R. MendozaTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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Y. MokTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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A. NecasTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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S. PrimaveraTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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D. OsinTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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N. RostokerTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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E. RuskovTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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L. SchmitzDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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J. H. SchroederTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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L. SevierTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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A. SibleyTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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Y. SongTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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X. SunTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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T. TajimaTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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M. C. ThompsonTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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E. TraskTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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A. D. Van DrieTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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J. K. WaltersTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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M. D. WymanTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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K. ZhaiTri Alpha Energy Inc., P.O. Box 7010, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688, USA
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Pages 139-142 | Published online: 10 Aug 2017
 
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Abstract

A high temperature, stable, long-lived field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma state has been produced in the C-2 device by dynamically colliding and merging two oppositely directed compact toroids, with combining effects of biasing edge plasma near the FRC separatrix from an end-plasma-gun with magnetic-mirror-plugs and of neutral-beam (NB) injection. The plasma-gun creates an inward radial electric field which mitigates the n = 2 rotational instability. The gun also produces E×B velocity shear in the FRC edge layer, which may explain observations of improved transport properties. The FRCs are nearly axisymmetric which enables fast ion confinement, and increasing NB power input clearly extends the FRC lifetime. The combined effects of the plasma-gun with mirror-plugs and of NB injection yield a new High Performance FRC regime with confinement times improved by factors 2 to 4 and FRC lifetimes extended from 1 to 3 ms.

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