Published December 1, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Development of microwave interferometer system for divertor simulation experiments in GAMMA 10/PDX

  • 1. Plasma Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577 (Japan)
  • 2. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 (Japan)
  • 3. National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292 (Japan)
  • 4. Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan)

Description

Microwave interferometer has newly been installed on GAMMA 10/PDX for divertor simulation study. A divertor simulation experimental module (D-module) is used to investigate the physics of divertor in the end-cell of GAMMA 10/PDX where an open magnetic field configuration is formed. D-module has a rectangular chamber with an inlet aperture. Two tungsten target plates are mounted in V-shape inside the chamber. In order to develop understandings of divertor simulation experiments the microwave interferometer using heterodyne scheme and a 1D horn-antenna mixer array (HMA) is applied to obtain electron density and density distribution inside the V-shaped target plates. Line-averaged electron density distributions inside D-module are first observed in H2 gas injection experiments

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/12/C12024

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. C12024
ISSN
1748-0221