Although the q profile plays a key role in theories of instabilities and plasma equilibrium, it has been quite difficult to measure until the recent development of the motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic. A multichannel motional Stark effect polarimeter system has recently been installed on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR). The diagnostic can measure the magnetic field pitch angle [γp=tan−1(Bp/BT)] at ten radial locations. The doppler shifted Dα radiation from a TFTR heating beam is viewed near tangential to the toroidal magnetic field via a re‐entrant front surface reflecting mirror. The field of view covers from inboard of the magnetic axis to near the outboard edge of the plasma with a radial spatial resolution of 3–5 cm. A high throughput f/2 optics system results in an uncertainty for γp of ∼0.1°–0.2° with a time resolution of ∼5–10 ms. Initial pitch angle profiles from TFTR have been obtained. The MSE data is consistent with the estimated magnetic axis position from external magnetic measurements and the q=1 radius is in good agreement with the inversion radius from the electron cyclotron emission temperature measurements.
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October 1992
Proceedings of the 9th topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics
15−19 Mar 1992
Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
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October 01 1992
The multichannel motional Stark effect diagnostic on TFTR
F. M. Levinton
F. M. Levinton
Fusion Physics & Technology, Inc., 3547 Voyager Street, Torrance, California 90503
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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 63, 5157–5160 (1992)
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F. M. Levinton; The multichannel motional Stark effect diagnostic on TFTR. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 October 1992; 63 (10): 5157–5160. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1143466
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