ALEX neutral beam probe

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5002578

Pourrezaei, K

A neutral beam probe capable of measuring plasma space potential in a fully 3-dimensional magnetic field geometry has been developed. This neutral beam was successfully used to measure an arc target plasma contained within the ALEX baseball magnetic coil. A computer simulation of the experiment was performed to refine the experimental design and to develop a numerical model for scaling the ALEX neutral beam probe to other cases of fully 3-dimensional magnetic field. Based on this scaling a 30 to 50 keV neutral cesium beam probe capable of measuring space potential in the thermal barrier region of TMX Upgrade was designed.

• Research Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5002578
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
MAGNETIC MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
ATOMIC BEAMS
CESIUM
MAGNET COILS
PROBES
SPACE CHARGE
ALKALI METALS
BEAMS
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
METALS
OPEN CONFIGURATIONS
700102* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Diagnostics