Movable multi-probes for plasma boundary measurement in sino-united spherical tokamak
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
A novel movable multi-probes is developed to get local magnetic and electrostatic profiles on Sino-UNIted Spherical Tokamak (SUNIST). This multi-probes combines a four-tips Langmuir probe, a magnetic coil, and a retarding field energy analyzer (RFEA). It can be used to simultaneously measure the poloidal magnetic field B{sub p}, electric field E{sub r}, electron temperature T{sub e}, electron density n{sub e}, and ion temperature T{sub i}. Its small overall size (20 × 20 × 38 mm{sup 3}) enables the movable multi-probes to measure the magnetic and electrostatic profiles in high spatial resolution, with negligible impact to plasma in SUNIST. This paper presents the design of the movable multi-probes, in particular, details of RFEA for reliable ion energy measurements. Preliminary experimental results of the movable multi-probes are given as well.
- OSTI ID:
- 22308790
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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