Equilibrium and Stability Measurements via Neutral Beam Spectroscopy
Abstract
An optical neutral beam spectroscopy system is being designed to provide plasma density, local temperature, internal structure of large-scale MHD instabilities, and magnetic field structure for the PEGASUS Toroidal Experiment. Time resolved, spatially localized measurements of the plasma density are determined by the intensity gradient of the beam fluorescence. Ratios of line intensities of a helium beam provide the electron temperature profile. Spectrally resolved measurements of the charge-exchange recombination emission of impurities determine the local ion temperature. Plasma stability is studied with localized MHD measurements via the beam emission spectroscopy (BES) technique. Motional Stark broadening of deuterium beam emission provide the magnitude (mod-B) and direction of the total field by analyzing the amplitude and phase delay of an oscillating spectral linewidth driven by a rotating polarizer. Present efforts are focused on refurbishing the beam hardware (25 kV, 4 A) and exploring the feasibility of a compact pencil beam.
- Publication:
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APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- October 2000
- Bibcode:
- 2000APS..DPPVP1071R