First results from the multichannel interferometer system on HSX

Autor:	A. F. Almagri, F.S.B. Anderson, David G. Anderson, Weixing Ding, D. L. Brower, Joseph Talmadge, C. Deng, P. H. Probert, Stefan Gerhardt
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Physics Electron density Oscillation business.industry Plasma Measure (mathematics) Electron cyclotron resonance Interferometry Optics Plasma diagnostics Atomic physics business Instrumentation Gunn diode
Zdroj:	Review of Scientific Instruments. 74:1625-1628
ISSN:	1089-7623 0034-6748
Popis:	Measuring the equilibrium electron density distribution and its response to perturbations provides important information to magnetically confined plasma research. A multichannel interferometer system is now routinely operating on the new quasihelically symmetric stellator (HSX) to measure the equilibrium profile and electron density dynamics. The interferometer system has nine viewing chords with 1.5 cm spacing. The source is a bias-tuned Gunn diode at 96 GHz with passive solid-state tripler providing output at 288 GHz (8 mW). The HSX plasma is produced by 28 GHz electron cyclotron resonance heating and first results of the interferometer measurement are reported. The density spatial distribution is reconstructed from the measured line-integrated density. At high density [ne>2×1012 cm−3], an m=1 density oscillation with frequency of 1–2 kHz is observed. Plans to determine the radial particle flux and transport coefficients will be discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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