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Published on: February 14, 2014
Deuterium velocity and temperature measurements on the DIII-D tokamak
B A Grierson1, K H Burrell, W M Solomon
1Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA. bgriers@pppl.gov
Abstract:
Newly installed diagnostic capabilities on the DIII-D tokamak [J. L. Luxon, Nucl. Fusion 46, 6114 (2002)] enable the measurement of main ion (deuterium) velocity and temperature by charge exchange recombination spectroscopy. The uncertainty in atomic physics corrections for determining the velocity is overcome by exploiting the geometrical dependence of the apparent velocity on the viewing angle with respect to the neutral beam.
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