Plasma Diagnostics on FRC Devices

The intern’s project will consist of measurements of important plasma characteristics for confinement, such as ion/electron densities and temperatures. This will be done at Nihon University where they have a one-of-a-kind Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) collisional merging device. This device generates and magnetically-confines a plasma for the purposes of plasma fusion research and is an alternative to the largely discussed tokamak. The plasma measurements will be done using diagnostic equipment provided by Nihon University. This relates to the intern’s thesis work which relies on characterizing the seed plasma for the Queen’s rotamak, another type of FRC device. This project also seeks to strengthen the collaboration between Queen’s and Nihon University, specifically related to their work in the study of rotamak devices.

Faculty Supervisor:

Jordan Morelli

Student:

Partner:

Nihon University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

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