FRC lifetime studies for the Field Reversed Configuration Heating experiment

Author

Grabowski, C. ; Degnan, J.H. ; Amdahl, D.J. ; Delaney, R. ; Domonkos, M. ; Lehr, F.M. ; Magallanes, R. ; Robinson, P.R. ; Ruden, E.L. ; White, W. ; Wood, H. ; Gale, D. ; Kostora, M. ; McCullough, J. ; Sommars, W. ; Frese, M.H. ; Frese, S.D. ; Camacho, J.F

Author_Institution

Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. The goal of the Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX) is to demonstrate magnetized plasma compression and thereby provide a low cost approach to high energy density laboratory plasma (HEDLP) studies, which include such topics as magneto-inertial fusion (MIF). A requirement for the field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma is that the trapped flux in the FRC must maintain confinement of the plasma within the capture region long enough for the compression process to be completed, which is approximately 20 microseconds for FRCHX. Current lifetime measurements of the FRCs formed with FRCHX show lifetimes of only 7 ~ 9 microseconds once the FRC has entered the capture region.

Keywords

plasma confinement; plasma density; plasma heating; compression process; current lifetime measurements; field reversed configuration heating experiment; field-reversed configuration plasma; high energy density laboratory plasma; magnetized plasma compression; magneto-inertial fusion; plasma confinement; trapped flux; Magnetic confinement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2011 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-330-8

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2011.5993063

Filename

5993063