Title
Upgrade of X-ray crystal spectrometer for high temperature measurement using neon-like xenon lines on EAST
Date Issued
01 October 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hu R.J.
Chen J.
Wang Q.P.
Du X.W.
Shen J.
Yang X.S.
Wang F.D.
Fu J.
Li Y.Y.
Bitter M.
Hill K.W.
Pablant N.A.
Lee S.G.
Shi Y.J.
Wan B.N.
Ye M.Y.
Lyu B.
Princeton University
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
A two-crystal X-ray spectrometer system has been implemented in the EAST tokamak to simultaneously diagnose high- and low-temperature plasmas using He- and H-like argon spectra. But for future fusion devices like ITER and Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR), argon ions become fully stripped in the core and the intensity of the H-like lines will be significantly at high temperatures (Te > 5 keV). With increasing auxiliary heating power on EAST, the core plasma temperature could also reach 5 keV and higher. In such conditions, the use of a xenon puff becomes an appropriate choice for both ion-temperature and flow-velocity measurements. A new two-crystal system using a quartz 110 crystal (2d = 4.913 Å) to view He-like argon lines and a quartz 011 crystal (2d = 6.686 Å) to view Ne-like xenon spectra has been deployed on a poloidal X-ray crystal spectrometer. While the He-like argon spectra will be used to measure the plasma temperature in the edge plasma region, the Ne-like xenon spectra will be used for measurement in the hot core. The new crystal arrangement allows a wide temperature measurement ranging from 0.5 to 10 keV or even higher, being the first tests for burning plasmas like ITER and CFETR. The preliminary result of lab-tests, Ne-like xenon lines measurement will be presented.
Volume
89
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de plasmas y fluídos Óptica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85053883335
PubMed ID
Source
Review of Scientific Instruments
ISSN of the container
00346748
Sponsor(s)
The authors want to thank the EAST team including the diagnostic group, vacuum group, auxiliary heating group, and operation team for their generous help. The work is partially supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (No. 2015GB103002), Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative (Grant No. 2018VMA0052), Major Program of Development Foundation of Hefei Center for Physical Science and Technology (Grant No. 2016FXZY008), and Key Program of Research and Development of Hefei Science Center, CAS (Grant No. 2017HSC-KPRD002). Key Program of Research and Development of Hefei Science Center, CAS.
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