Edward C. Eisner

Charge exchange recombination spectroscopy on Alcator C-Mod

The optical systems for charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy (CXRS) on Alcator C-Mod have been developed and installed. They will provide measurements of Ti, νθ, and νφ. With the addition of the motional Stark effect diagnostic to determine Bp, Er can be inferred from the ion pressure balance equation, Er=(Zenz)−1∇rpz+νφzBθ−νθzBφ. The optical systems are simple and have high throughput. In particular, the toroidally viewing systems must be designed for invessel installation close to the plasma where they are subject to large forces and are inaccessible between vacuum vents. Two optical systems, located invessel, provide 20 channels of Ti and νφ data from 67.3 cm<R<88.8 cm. A third system, located in air and viewing the plasma through a window, will provide ten channels of Ti and νθ data from 60 cm<R<95 cm. An extension of the CXRS system for measurement of ion temperature modulation in transient transport experiments, and perhaps for ion temperature fluctuations, is also discussed.

Charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy and beam-emission spectroscopy for C-Mod

The design of two beam-based diagnostic systems for C-Mod, charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy (CXRS) and beam-emission spectroscopy (BES) will be presented. A 50-keV diagnostic neutral beam (DNB) will be installed on C-Mod for these and other diagnostics. By adding BES and CXRS to the set of C-Mod diagnostics, it will be possible to test theory-based models of turbulent transport, which are typically based on marginal stability and the existence/dominance of ion temperature gradient (ITG) modes. Tests that coordinate turbulence measurements with transport measurements are largely unavailable at present.

Simulations of beam-emission spectroscopy on Alcator C-Mod (abstract)

An eight-channel beam-emission-spectroscopy (BES)1 system has been installed on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, intended for use with a diagnostic neutral hydrogen beam (DNB). Capable of localized measurements from the plasma edge to the plasma core, the BES diagnostic collects light from the first Balmer transition (Hα) resultant from beam/plasma collisions. The Hα line splits into several components whose central wavelengths depend on the viewing geometry, the magnetic field, and the beam energy. This is due to the Doppler shifts from viewing the beam off perpendicular, the different velocities of the three mass components of the beam (H, H2, H3), and the large motional Stark effect. Optimal signal-to-noise requires collecting these components while attenuating all other emission: primarily bremsstrahlung and Dα radiation (from plasma D0/e− collisions). Tunable bandpass filters are thus required. A BES simulation code has been developed that calculates the brightnesses (bremsstrahlung, Dα, Hα) versus wavelen...