Safety factor on the axis of a tokamak during Ohmically heated sawtoothing discharges from a localized measurement of circular polarization of the Li I 6708 Å line

  • L. K. Huang*
  • , M. Finkenthal
  • , D. Wróblewski
  • , H. W. Moos
  • , W. P. West
  • , D. M. Thomas
  • , M. P. Thomas
  • , X. Z. Yang
  • , P. E. Phillips
  • , A. J. Wootton
  • , Roger D. Bengtson
  • , J. A. Boedo
  • , R. V. Bravenec
  • , J. Y. Chen
  • , G. Cima
  • , K. W. Gentle
  • , S. C. McCool
  • , B. U. Richards
  • , W. L. Rowan
  • , D. C. Sing
  • K. W. Wenzel
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Analysis of the circular polarization of the Li I 6708 Å line emitted from a monoenergetic lithium beam provides a spatially resolved measurement of the poloidal magnetic field on the Texas experimental tokamak [Nucl. Technol. Fusion 1, 479 (1981)]. Determined from the measured magnetic field, the safety factor on the magnetic axis during Ohmically heated sawtoothing discharges is near unity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)809-814
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics of Fluids B
Volume2
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

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