Recent results on the TCS-Upgrade device

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Abstract

The Translation, Confinement, and Sustainment Upgrade (TCSU) device is a facility to form and sustain field-reversed configurations (FRC) in quasi-steady state using rotating magnetic fields (RMF). Results from operation with internal flux rings and an additional Ti gettering campaign are reported. Several new diagnostics have been installed including a 90-channel three-axis (30 radial positions) internal magnetic field probe, a multi-point Thomson scattering system, and a Langmuir probe. A broad range of RMF frequencies, from 85 kHz -- 240 kHz, and field configurations have been investigated with a full diagnostic set and results will be reported. Results from operation with odd-parity RMF antennas, which should close field lines, [S.A. Cohen and R.D. Milroy, Physics of Plasmas \textbf{7}, 2539, (2000)] will also be reported.

Authors

  • J.A. Grossnickle

  • R.D. Brooks

  • C.L. Deards

  • A.L. Hoffman

  • K.Y. Lee

  • P.A. Melnik

  • K.E. Miller

  • R.D. Milroy

  • K.M. Velas

  • G.C. Vlases

    • University of Washington