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Review for Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
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





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

Physics of Compact Toroid Plasmas agenda with links to presentations



Presentations

APS 1995, Louisville, Kentucky
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
K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough

Minimum energy states of high-beta plasmas
L.C. Steinhauer, A. Ishida

APS 1996
November 10-15, 1996

Star Thruster, Fusion for Deep Space Propulsion
K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman

FRC Acceleration For Deep Fueling of Large Tokamaks
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 1997, Pittsburgh, PA
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
John Slough

APS 1998, New Orleans, Lousiana
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
Richard D. Milroy

The Star Thrust Experiment, FRC Formation and Sustainment Using RMF
Kenneth Miller, John Slough

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
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

FRC Acceleration For Deep Fueling of Large Tokamaks
J.A. Grossnickle, J.T. Slough, A.L. Hoffman

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

FRC flux buildup and current sustainment in the TCS program using Rotating Magnetic Fields (RMF)
John Slough, Alan L. Hoffman

STX, FRC formation and sustainment using RMF
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

APS 2000, Quebec City, Canada
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

APS 2001, Long Beach, California
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
K.E. Miller, J.T. Slough

APS 2002, Orlando, Flordia
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
K.E. Miller, J.A. Grossnickle

Tomographic Reconstruction on the TCS Experiment
G.R. Votroubek, A.M. Peter, Z.A. Pietrzyk

APS 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 27-31, 2003

TCS Overview and Vacuum System Upgrade
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
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
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

APS 2004, Savanah, Georgia
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
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

APS 2005, Denver, Colorado
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 2006, Philadelphia, PA
October 30-November 3, 2006

Magnetized Cascade Arc Source for Ionization and Fuelling in TCSU (447 Kb PDF)
Poster by Paul Melnik

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

Rotating Magnetic Field Sustainment of Hot FRCs at High ζ (1Mb PDF)
Presented by Alan Hoffman

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

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

FRC History, Physics, and Recent Developments
Presented by Alan Hoffman

Snowmass, Colorado
July 12-23, 1999

Field-Reversed Configurations
Presented by Alan Hoffman

Transport, MHD and Boundary Physics Issues
Presented by Loren Steinhauer


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