Recent diagnostic developments on LHD

S. Sudo*, Y. Nagayama, B. J. Peterson, K. Kawahata, T. Akiyama, N. Ashikawa, M. Emoto, M. Goto, Y. Hamada, K. Ida, T. Ido, H. Iguchi, S. Inagaki, M. Isobe, T. Kobuchi, A. Komori, Y. Liang, S. Masuzaki, T. Minami, T. MorisakiS. Morita, S. Muto, Y. Nakamura, H. Nakanishi, M. Narushima, K. Narihara, M. Nishiura, A. Nishizawa, S. Ohdachi, M. Osakabe, T. Ozaki, R. O. Pavlichenko, S. Sakakibara, K. Sato, M. Shoji, N. Tamura, K. Tanaka, K. Toi, T. Tokuzawa, K. Y. Watanabe, T. Watanabe, H. Yamada, I. Yamada, M. Yoshinuma, P. Goncharov, D. Kalinina, T. Kanaba, T. Sugimoto, A. Ejiri, Y. Ono, H. Hojo, K. Ishii, N. Iwama, Y. Kogi, A. Mase, M. Sakamoto, K. Kondo, H. Nagasaki, S. Yamamoto, N. Nishino, S. Okajima, T. Saida, M. Sasao, T. Takeda, S. Tsuji-Iio, D. S. Darrow, H. Takahashi, Y. Liu, J. F. Lyon, A. Yu Kostrioukov, V. B. Kuteev, V. Sergeev, I. Viniar, A. V. Krasilnikov, A. Sanin, L. N. Vyacheslavov, D. Stutman, M. Finkenthal, O. Motojima

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Abstract

Standard diagnostics for fundamental plasma parameters and for plasma physics are routinely utilized for daily operation and physics studies in the large helical device (LHD) with high reliability. Diagnostics for steady-state plasma are under intensive development, especially for Te, ne (yttrium-aluminium garnet (YAG) laser Thomson, CO2 laser polarimeter), data acquisition in steady-state and heat-resistant probes. To clarify the plasma properties of the helical structure, two- or three-dimensional diagnostics are being aggressively developed: tangential cameras (fast SX TV, photon counting CCD, Hα TV); tomography (tangential SX CCD, bolometer); imaging (bolometer, ECE, reflectometer). Divertor and edge physics are important key issues for steady-state operation. Diagnostics for neutral flux (Hα array, Zeeman spectroscopy) and ne (fast scanning probe, Li beam probe, pulsed radar reflectometer) are also in advanced stages of development. In addition to these, advanced diagnostics are being intensively developed in LHD through domestic and international collaborations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A425-A443
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume45
Issue number12 A
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2003
Externally publishedYes

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