Presentations and Meetings

APS 2009, Atlanta Georgia November 2-6, 2009: November 2-6, 2009
FRC Formation and Sustainment with RMF Current Drive (3.90 Mb PDF): R. D. Milroy, C.C. Kim, C.R. Sovinec
Overview of the TCS-Upgrade experiments (408 Kb PDF): J.A. Grossnickle, R.D. Brooks, C.L. Deards, A.L. Hoffman, P.A. Melnik, K.E. Miller, R.D. Milroy, K.M. Velas, G.C. Vlases and the RPPL Team
Miniature Magnetic Field Probes For Use in High Temperature Plasmas (1.03 Mb PDF): K.E. Miller, K.M. Velas, D.E. Lotz
Ion Spin-Up, Temperature, and Flow Measurements in the TCSU Experiment (499 Kb PDF): C.L. Deards, J.A. Grossnickle , L.C. Steinhauer, P.A. Melnik, R.D. Milroy
Miniaturization of a Combination Langmuir/Mach Probe (319 Kb PDF): Paul Melnik, T. DeHart, D. Lotz
Design and Calibration of Thomson Scattering Diagnostic for TCSU (426 Kb PDF): K. Y. Lee, R. P. Golingo
Magnetic Field Measurements in TCSU RMF Current Drive Experiment (4.54 Mb PDF): K.M. Velas, J.A. Grossnickle K.E. Miller, R.D. Milroy
ReNew Workshop March 16-19, 2009: March 16-19, 2009
Considerations for Addressing TAP FRC Issues (1.89 Mb PDF): Alan Hoffman
APS 2008, Dallas, Texas November 17-21, 2008: November 17-21, 2008
Recent results in the TCS-Upgrade device (502 Kb PDF): Presented by Jim Grossnickle
FRC Ion Temperature Measurements and Preliminary Results from Ion Flow Measurements in TCSU (678 Kb PDF): Presented by Chris Deards
Surface Analysis Studies on the Wall Conditioning of TCSU (2.18 Mb PDF): Presented by Aydin Tankut
ICC 2008, Reno, Nevada June 23-27, 2008: June 23-27, 2008
Wall Conditioning and Impurity Content in TCS-Upgrade (423 Kb PDF): Presented by Jim Grossnickle
Surface Analysis Studies of TCS-U Components (868 Kb PDF): Presented by Aydin Tankut
Review for Office of Fusion Energy Sciences December 12, 2007: December 12, 2007
A National Compact Toroid Research Facility: An Important Adjunct to the World Fusion Program: (8.81 Mb Power Point without movies); (4.07 Mb PDF without movies); Prof. Alan L. Hoffman
APS 2007, Orlando, FL November 12-16, 2007: November 12-16, 2007
Rotating Magnetic Field Sustainment of Hot FRCs at High ζ (1Mb PDF): Presented by Alan Hoffman
Improved Confinement and Current Drive of High Temperature FRCs in the new TCS-Upgrade Device (6.1 Mb PDF): Presented by Houyang Guo
Density and Impurity Measurements on the TCSU Experiment (994Kb PDF): Presented by Chris Deards
Use of a Magnetized Cascade Arc Source in TCSU to Enable RMF Formation of High Temperature FRCs (227Kb PDF): Presented by Paul Melnik
Us-Japan Workshop, Tokyo Japan September 2007: September 2007
Formation and Sustainment of High Temperature FRCs in the TCS-Upgrade Device (3.12Mb PDF): Presented by Jim Grossnickle
Internal 2007 presentation
Glow Discharge Cleaning (2.77 Mb PDF): Presented by Kenneth Miller
ICC 2007, College Park, Maryland February 12-14, 2007: February 12-14, 2007
Initial Operation of the TCS Upgrade (922 Kb PDF): Presented by Kenneth Miller
APS 2006, Philadelphia, PA October 30-November 3, 2006: October 30-November 3, 2006
The TCS Upgrade Impurity Control (470 Kb PDF): Poster by Kenneth Miller
Magnetized Cascade Arc Source for Ionization and Fuelling in TCSU (447 Kb PDF): Poster by Paul Melnik
Us-Japan Workshop 2006: 2006
The TCS Upgrade Impurity Control (879 Kb PDF): Presented by Kenneth Miller
APS 2005, Denver, Colorado October 24-28, 2005: October 24-28, 2005
Principal Attributes of FRCs Sustained by Rotating Magnetic Field Current Drive (500Kb PDF)
(1.5Mb Power Point): Presented by Alan Hoffman
Antisymmetric RMF Current Drive in FRCs (2.6Mb PDF)
(3.2Mb Power Point): Presented by Richard Milroy
Modelling of Field-reversed configuration experiment with large safety factor (70Kb PDF)
(70Kb Word): Presented by Loren Steinhauer
Impurity Source Studies in TCS (1.2Mb PDF)
(1Mb Power Point): Poster by J.A. Grossnickle, H.Y. Guo, and G.C. Vlases
UHV Cleaning Technique and Large High Temperature UHV Quartz to Metal Seal Development for the TCS Upgrade (1.1Mb PDF)
(19Mb Power Point): Poster by Kenneth Miller and James Grossnickle
APS 2004, Savanah, Georgia November 15-19, 2004: November 15-19, 2004
Flux conversion and evidence of relaxation in an extremely high-ß plasma: Presentation by Houyang Guo
Inductive Flux Build-Up of RMF Formed FRCs: Poster by Alan Hoffman and Richard D. Milroy
Rotating Magnetic Quadrupole Current Drive for FRCs: Poster by Richard D. Milroy and Houyang Guo
TCS Upgrade (708 Kb PDF): Poster by James Grossnickle and Kenneth Miller
Tomographic Observation of FRC Rotational Modes and Stabilization by Various RMF Antenna Geometries in TCS: Poster by George Votroubek and Houyang Guo
ICC 2004, Madison, Wisconsin May 25-28, 2004: May 25-28, 2004
FRC History, Physics, and Recent Developments: Presented by Alan Hoffman
TCS Upgrade (679 Kb PDF): Poster by Kenneth Miller and Jim Grossnickle
APS 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico October 27-31, 2003: October 27-31, 2003
TCS Overview and Vacuum System Upgrade (736 Kb PDF): K. E. Miller, H. Y. Guo, A. L. Hoffman, R. D. Milroy, Z. A. Pietrzyk, J. T. Slough
Sustainment of Elongated FRCs with localized Rotating Magnetic Field (RMF) Current Drive (1.88 Mb PDF): H.Y. Guo, A.L. Hoffman, Z.A. Pietrzyk
Edge Driven RMF Current Drive in FRCs: Richard Milroy, Kenneth Miller
Power Balance and Impurity Studies in TCS (2.11 Mb PDF): J. A. Grossnickle, Z. A. Pietrzyk, G. C. Vlases
FRC Electric Field and Temperature Measurements in RMF Sustained Discharges: S. P. Andreason, J.T. Slough
Angular momentum conservation as stabilizer for flowing plasma equilibria: Loren Steinhauer, Preston Geren
ICC 2003, Seattle, Washington May 28-30, 2003: May 28-30, 2003
Recent Progress on Field Reversed Configurations Field Reversed Configurations (FRC) (2.56 Mb PDF): Houyang Guo
Detailed Comparison of RMF Driven FRC Profiles With Numerical Predictions (1.08 Mb PDF): Richard D. Milroy, John T. Slough and Kenneth E. Miller
Paramagnetic Spin-up of a Field Reversed Configuration with Rotating Magnetic Field Current Drive (1.07 Mb PDF): A. M. Peter, G. R. Votroubek
TCS Overview and Vacuum System Upgrade (429 Kb PDF): Paper by K. E. Miller, H. Y. Guo, A. L. Hoffman, Z. A. Pietrzyk, J. T. Slough
TCS Overview and Vacuum System Upgrade (736 Kb PDF): Poster by K. E. Miller, H. Y. Guo, A. L. Hoffman, Z. A. Pietrzyk, J. T. Slough
Excluded Flux Enhancement During Capture (1.25 Mb PDF): Poster by Jim Grossnickle
APS 2002, Orlando, Flordia November 11-15, 2002: November 11-15, 2002
Self-consistent electric fields and flows in the edge plasma of FRCs: Loren Steinhauer
Evaluation of Improvements planned for TCS Upgrade on the TCS Prototype Experiment: John Slough, George Vlases, Samuel Andreason, Richard Milroy
Recent Results from and proposed changes to the TCS Rotating magnetic Field FRC Generation Experiment: H.Y. Guo, A.L. Hoffman, Z.A. Pietrzyk, R.D. Brooks, J.A. Grossnickle, K.E. Miller, A.M. Peter, G.R. Votroubek
Internal Magnetic Field Measurements in the TCS Experiment (1.24 Mb PDF): K.E. Miller, J.A. Grossnickle
Tomographic Reconstruction on the TCS Experiment: G.R. Votroubek, A.M. Peter, Z.A. Pietrzyk
US-Japan Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle February 25-27, 2002: February 25-27, 2002
Physics of Compact Toroid Plasmas agenda with links to presentations
ICC 2002, College Park, Maryland January 2002: January 2002
A Comparison of Numerical Simulations and Experimental Probe Measurements in RMF (1.33 Mb PDF): R. D. Milroy, K. E. Miller, and J. T. Slough
APS 2001, Long Beach, California October 29 - November 2, 2001: October 29 - November 2, 2001
Basic Scaling of RMF Current Drive in Flux Confined FRCs: Alan Hoffman, Houyang Guo, Richard Milroy
Steady-state FRC Maintenance using RMF: Houyang Guo, Alan Hoffman, Bob Brooks, Adam Pietrzyk
Power measurements in the TCS-RMF experiment: Z.A. Pietrzyk, R.D. Brooks
A Detailed Comparison Between Probe Measurements and Numerical Simulation in RMF Driven FRCs: R.D. Milroy, K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough
Ion Spin-up in an FRC with RMF Current Drive and its Effect on Stability: A. M. Peter, E. A. Crawford, G. R. Votroubek
FRC Translation and Capture Measurements on TCS: J.A. Grossnickle, H.Y. Guo, A.L. Hoffman, J.T. Slough
High Field RMF FRC Experiments on STX-HF: Samuel Andreason, John Slough
RMF Driven FRC Fusion Reactor: John Slough
Stability of flowing equilibria by Beltrami function expansion: L.C. Steinhauer, A. Ishida, W.P. Geren
Plasma Flow and Equilibrium Considerations in the STX Experiment (770 Kb PDF): K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough
APS 2000, Quebec City, Canada October 23-27, 2000: October 23-27, 2000
FRC Acceleration For Deep Fueling of Large Tokamaks: J.A. Grossnickle, G. Vlases, A.L. Hoffman, J.T. Slough
Pulsed High Density Fusion: John Slough
Power Coupling of the Rotating Magnetic Field to the Plasma in the Translation, Confinement and Sustainment Experiment: Stephen Tobin, Louis Schrank, Glen Wurden, Bob Brooks, Ed Crawford, Houyang Guo, Alan Hoffman, Dan Lotz, John Slough, George Votroubek
Rotating Magnetic Field (RMF) Current Drive of FRCs in the new TCS Device: Houyang Guo, Alan Hoffman, John Slough, Bob Brooks, Ed Crawford, George Votroubek, Steve Tobin
Transient effects in rotating magnetic field current drive: Loren Steinhauer
Global Constraints on RMF Current Drive In an FRC: Richard Milroy
ICC 2000, Berkley, California February 22-25, 2000: February 22-25, 2000
RMF Current Drive in FRCs (1.83 Mb PDF): Ken Miller
US-Japan Workshop, Seattle, Washington November 19-21, 1999: November 19-21, 1999
Unique Aspects of RMF Current Drive Applied to FRCs (1.65 Mb PDF): Alan Hoffman
APS 1999, Seattle, Washington November 15-19, 1999: November 15-19, 1999
Flux Generation and Sustainment of a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) with Rotating Magnetic Field (RMF) Current Drive (2.08 Mb PDF): John Slough, Alan L. Hoffman
STX, FRC formation and sustainment using RMF (1.58 Mb PDF): Ken Miller, John Slough
Initial Operation of the TCS Rotating Magnetic Field - FRC Device: Peter Euripides, Bob Brooks, John Slough, Alan L. Hoffman
A Two Color Quadrature Interferometer for the TCS Experiment: Edward Crawford, Peter Euripides, George Votroubek
Tomographic Reconstruction of Electron Density from Visible Light Emission Diagnostics on a Translated FRC Plasma: George R. Votroubek, John Slough, Edward Crawford
Flux buildup in FRCs using rotating magnetic fields: Alan L. Hoffman
MHD effects on RMF Current Drive in an FRC: Richard D. Milroy
Deep Fuelling of Large Tokamaks by FRC Injection (851 Kb PDF): Jim Grossnickle
Snowmass, Colorado July 12-23, 1999: July 12-23, 1999
Field-Reversed Configurations: Presented by Alan Hoffman
Transport, MHD and Boundary Physics Issues: Presented by Loren Steinhauer
Fueling of Tokamaks With Accelerated FRCs (377 Kb PDF): Presented by Jim Grossnickle
APS 1998, New Orleans, Lousiana November 16-20, 1998: November 16-20, 1998
Relaxed Equilibria of FRC Plasmas: L.C. Steinhauer, D. Addink, B. Losic, R. Milroy
Modeling of RMF Current Drive in a FRC (1.05 Mb PDF): Richard D. Milroy
The Star Thrust Experiment, FRC Formation and Sustainment Using RMF (1.69 Mb PDF): Kenneth Miller, John Slough, Alan Hoffman
Internal magnetic probe for use in high temperature FRCs: Xiaomei Wang, John Slough, Ken Miller
Density Profile Evolution Diagnostics for RMF driven FRCs on STX and TCS (842 Kb PDF): G.R. Votroubek, J. Slough, E.A. Crawford
A visible-wavelength spectrometer for the Star Thrust Experiment (STX): S.A. Cohen, E. Crawford, K. Miller, A. Hoffman, J. Slough, R. Brooks
Fueling of Tokamaks With Accelerated FRCs (708 Kb PDF): J. Grossnickle, A. Hoffman, J. Slough, P. Gurevich, & G.Vlases
US-Japan Workshop 1998: 1998
STX, FRC Fusion Reactor for Deep Space Propulsion (1.44 Mb PDF): Poster by Kenneth Miller, John Slough, and Alan Hoffman
An Overview of the Star Thrust Experiment (245 Kb PDF): Paper by Kenneth Miller, John Slough, and Alan Hoffman
APS 1997, Pittsburgh, PA November 17-21, 1997: November 17-21, 1997
Accelerated FRC's for Use in Tokamak Refueling: P. A. Gurevich, J. T. Slough, A. L. Hoffman
Star Thrust Experiment - Fusion for Deep Space Propulsion (654 Kb PDF): K.E. Miller, John Slough
ICC 1997, Los Angeles, California March, 1997: March, 1997
Field Reversed Configurations (667 Kb PDF): Alan Hoffman
APS 1996, Denver, Colorado November 10-15, 1996: November 10-15, 1996
Star Thruster, Fusion for Deep Space Propulsion (2.25 Mb PDF): K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman
FRC Acceleration For Deep Fueling of Large Tokamaks (736 Kb PDF): J.A. Grossnickle, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman, R.D. Brooks
Accelerated FRC's for use in Tokamak Refueling: P.A. Gurevich, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman
Relaxation of a Two-Fluid Plasma to States with Finite-beta and Sheared Flow: L.C. Steinhauer
APS 1995, Louisville, Kentucky November 6-10, 1995: November 6-10, 1995
Accelerated FRC's for use in Tokamak Refueling: P.A. Gurevich, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman
FRC Density Profile Measurements on TRAP: S.W. Bangs, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman
Circuit Simulation of the TRAP Accelerator: J.A. Grossnickle, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman
FRC Formation and Sustainment using RF fields (346 Kb PDF): K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough
Minimum energy states of high-beta plasmas: L.C. Steinhauer, A. Ishida

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Review for Office of Fusion Energy Sciences December 12, 2007

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ICC 2004, Madison, Wisconsin May 25-28, 2004

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ICC 2003, Seattle, Washington May 28-30, 2003

APS 2002, Orlando, Flordia November 11-15, 2002

US-Japan Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle February 25-27, 2002

ICC 2002, College Park, Maryland January 2002

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APS 2000, Quebec City, Canada October 23-27, 2000

ICC 2000, Berkley, California February 22-25, 2000

US-Japan Workshop, Seattle, Washington November 19-21, 1999

APS 1999, Seattle, Washington November 15-19, 1999

Snowmass, Colorado July 12-23, 1999

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APS 1996, Denver, Colorado November 10-15, 1996

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November 2-6, 2009

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March 16-19, 2009

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November 17-21, 2008

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June 23-27, 2008

Review for Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
December 12, 2007

APS 2007, Orlando, FL
November 12-16, 2007

Us-Japan Workshop, Tokyo Japan
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February 12-14, 2007

APS 2006, Philadelphia, PA
October 30-November 3, 2006

Us-Japan Workshop
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October 24-28, 2005

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November 15-19, 2004

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May 25-28, 2004

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October 27-31, 2003

ICC 2003, Seattle, Washington
May 28-30, 2003

APS 2002, Orlando, Flordia
November 11-15, 2002

US-Japan Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle
February 25-27, 2002

ICC 2002, College Park, Maryland
January 2002

APS 2001, Long Beach, California
October 29 - November 2, 2001

APS 2000, Quebec City, Canada
October 23-27, 2000

ICC 2000, Berkley, California
February 22-25, 2000

US-Japan Workshop, Seattle, Washington
November 19-21, 1999

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November 15-19, 1999

Snowmass, Colorado
July 12-23, 1999

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November 16-20, 1998

US-Japan Workshop
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November 17-21, 1997

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March, 1997

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November 10-15, 1996

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November 6-10, 1995