First results on the fast neutral lithium beam diagnostics probing the edge plasma of the ETE tokamak
AUTOR(ES)
Oliveira, Rogério Moraes, Ueda, Mário, Berni, Luiz Ângelo
FONTE
Brazilian Journal of Physics
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2004-12
RESUMO
One of the main objectives of the research program at ETE is devoted to the study of confinement properties in a low aspect ratio tokamak plasma configuration, and to attain this purpose the determination of plasma parameters of the edge region plays an essential role. A Fast Neutral Lithium Beam (FNLB) diagnostics was developed to perform the measurement of the density profile and its fluctuations at the edge of the plasma in ETE. The first light signals were collected after the filling of ETE chamber with He gas (10-4 Torr), where the optimization of this diagnostics was done, to adjust the better point for focalization of the beam and for the optical detection system setup. An extensive study of the variation of the intensity of the light signal with the variation of the gas pressure was carried out. This calibration will be used during shots in ETE to measure the rapidly varying pressure of the pulsed discharge by FNLB technique, a requirement imposed by the use of puff valves for injection of the gas. This paper will also describe the several phases of the development of this diagnostics, discuss the problems occurred and the adopted solutions and show the first measurements of the probing of the edge plasma of ETE with FNLB.
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