Ion beam probe plasma diagnostic system. Technical progress report, 1 February 1977--31 December 1978

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6349452· OSTI ID:6349452

Hickok, R. L.; Jennings, W. C.; Woo, J. T.; connor, K. A.

During this time, reliable operation of the research tokamak, RENTOR, has been established but thedischarge is characterized by a large runaway populaion producing a strong x-ray flux. An ion beam probe and a Thomson scattering diagnostic system have been installed on RENTOR, but no definitive results have been obtained due to the large noise signal generated by the x-ray flux. The ALICE baseball coil has been obtained on loan from LLL and is being set up as the ALEX mirror system. It will be used for particle beam diagnostic development in 3 dimensional magnetic well geometry. A heavy neutral beam diagnostic system has been designed and is under construction for measuring the space potential in ALEX. Improvements in the focusing properties of ion guns and in the sensitivity of the feedback controlled electrostatic energy analyzers have been obtained.

• Research Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2229
• OSTI ID: 6349452
• Report Number(s): COO-2229-50; RPDL-79-1; TRN: 79-010063
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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