Detection of zonal flow spectra in DIII-D by a dual-channel Doppler backscattering system
- UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547 (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451 (United States)
Doppler backscattering (DBS) has been successfully used to measure the ExB flow velocity and local intermediate wavenumber density fluctuation levels in the DIII-D tokamak. Depending on the launch angle and the frequency of the probing beam, the signal backscattered from the plasma cut-off layer is sensitive to density fluctuations at a specific perpendicular wavenumber (1{<=}k{sub perpendicular}{rho}{sub s}{<=}4). Due to the localization and high time resolution for poloidal flow measurements, DBS is well suited to detect stationary and time-dependent shear flows [zonal flows (ZFs)]. We present a novel scheme to measure ZF spectra using a dual-channel DBS system capable of simultaneously probing two minor radii separated by a distance of 0.2 cm<{delta}r<3 cm. Frequency spectra of geodesic acoustic modes and low frequency ZFs (f{<=}10 kHz) have been obtained for 0.6<r/a<0.95.
- OSTI ID:
- 21266602
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 79, Issue 10; Conference: HTPD08: 17. topical conference on high-temperature plasma diagnostics, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 11-15 May 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2953675; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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