Published October 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Localized magnetic field pitch angle measurements by collective Thomson scattering

  • 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Fusion Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Description

A novel new method is proposed to measure the internal magnetic field pitch angle in tokamaks by measuring the frequency of the lower hybrid resonance in the collective Thomson scattered spectrum. The resonance frequency has a dependence of 1.2 and 2.0 GHz/deg pitch angle for ITER and C-MOD-like plasma parameters, respectively, using a submillimeter-wave diagnostic source. Sensitivity to other plasma parameters such as electron density, temperature, energetic ion fraction, and magnetic field is shown to be weak

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 4641-4643.
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK