Application of x-ray imaging to current profile measurements in the PEGASUS experiment
- Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
For low-aspect ratio toroidal devices, flux shape information can be used as a constraint for reconstruction of the plasma current profile and {ital q} profile. A model current profile was used to compare the sensitivity of the equilibrium reconstruction using soft x-ray (SXR) image constraints to motional Stark effect (MSE) constraints. The deviation in the {chi}{sup 2} of the fit versus current profile was similar in both cases, showing that the SXR data is as good a constraint on the equilibrium as MSE information. There are two soft x-ray imaging systems under consideration to determine the shape of the internal flux surfaces on PEGASUS. One diagnostic consists of a series of vertically spaced, tangentially viewing linear detector arrays. Another design using a two-dimensional pinhole camera for a soft x-ray image of the plasma is also being evaluated. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 295633
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980605-; ISSN 0034-6748; TRN: 99:001819
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 70, Issue 1; Conference: 12. topical conference on high-temperature plasma diagnostics, Princeton, NJ (United States), 7-11 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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