A.R. Field D. Dunai Y-C Ghim P. Hill B. Mcmillan C.M. Roach S. Saarelma A.A. Schekochihin S. Zoletnik The Mast Team
Observations of ion-scale density turbulence of relative amplitude are available on the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) using a 2D (8 radial × 4 poloidal channel) imaging Beam Emission Spectroscopy (BES) diagnostic. Spatial and temporal characteristics of this turbulence, i.e., amplitudes, correlation times, radial and perpendicular correlation …
PublishedY.-C. Ghim A. A. Schekochihin A. R. Field I. G. Abel M. Barnes G. Colyer S. C. Cowley F. I. Parra D. Dunai S. Zoletnik The Mast Team
Beam emission spectroscopy (BES) measurements of ion-scale density fluctuations in the MAST tokamak are used to show that the turbulence correlation time, the drift time associated with iontemperature or density gradients, the particle (ion) streaming time along the magnetic field, and the magnetic drift time are consistently comparable, suggesting…
PublishedYoung-Chul Ghim(Kim) A. R. Field S. Zoletnik D. Dunai
The beam emission spectroscopy BES turbulence diagnostic on MAST is to be upgraded in June 2010 from a one-dimensional trial system to a two-dimensional imaging system 8 radial 4 poloidal channels based on a newly developed avalanche photodiode array camera. The spatial resolution of the new system is calculated in terms of the point spread functio…
PublishedD. Dunai S. Zoletnik J. Sárközi A.R. Field
An avalanche photodiode based APD detector for the visible wavelength range was developed for low light level, high frequency beam emission spectroscopy BES experiments in fusion plasmas. This solid state detector has higher quantum efficiency than photomultiplier tubes, and unlike normal photodiodes, it has internal gain. This paper describes the …
PublishedA. R. Field D. Dunai N. J. Conway S. Zoletnik J. Sárközi
Beam emission spectroscopy BES of the energetic deuterium D 0 heating beams can provide a means of characterizing the density turbulence in tokamak plasmas. First such measurements have been performed on the MAST spherical tokamak using a trial BES system, which shares the collection optics of the charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy system. …
PublishedG Van Oos M Gryaznevich E Del Bosco A Malaguias G Mank M Berta J Brotankova R Dejarnac E Dufkova I Duran M Hron P Peleman J Sentkerestiova J Stocke B Taf V Weinzett J Zajac S Zoletnik V Budaev N Kirneva G Kirnev B Kuteev A Melnikov
Small tokamaks may significantly contribute to the better understanding of phenomena in a wide range of fields such as plasma confinement and energy transport; plasma stability in different magnetic configurations; plasma turbulence and its impact on local and global plasma parameters; processes at the plasma edge and plasma-wall interaction; scena…
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