R. B. Morales A. Salmi P. Abreu C. H. S. Amador P. Carman J. Fessey J. Flanagan M. Fontana C. Giroud S. Hacquin S. Heuraux L. Meneses R. Sabot A. Silva A. Sirinelli G. Szepesi D. Taylor D. Terranova
JET’s frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) reflectometers have been operating well with the current design since 2005 and density profiles are being automatically calculated intershot since then[1]. However, the calculated profiles had long suffered from several shortcomings – poor agreement to other diagnostics; sometimes inappropriat…
PreprintR. B. Morales S. Heuraux R. Sabot S. Hacquin
All density profile reconstruction techniques for both O-mode and X-mode are based on the assumption that the cut-off frequency profile is monotonic. However, there are many sources of perturbations to the plasma that generate hollow areas in the cut-off frequency profile, breaking the aforementioned assumption. This causes a significant immediate …
Preprint PublishedR. B. Morales S. Heuraux R. Sabot S. Hacquin
All density profile reconstruction techniques for both O-mode and X-mode are based on the assumption that the cut-off frequency profile is monotonic. However, there are many sources of perturbations to the plasma that generate hollow areas in the cut-off frequency profile, breaking the aforementioned assumption and causing a significant immediate r…
PreprintS. E. Sharapov B. Alper J. Fessey N. C. Hawkes N. P. Young R. Nazikian G. J. Kramer D. N. Borba S. Hacquin E. De La Luna S. D. Pinches J. Rapp D. Testa JET-EFDA Contributors
A microwave interferometry technique is applied for the first time for detecting a discrete spectrum of Alfvén cascade (AC) eigenmodes excited with fast ions in reversed magnetic shear plasmas of the Joint European Torus. The interferometry measurements of plasma density perturbations associated with ACs show an unprecedented frequency and time re…
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