A method for determining poloidal rotation from poloidal asymmetry in toroidal rotation (invited)

作者:Chrystal C*; Burrell K H; Grierson B A; Lao L L; Pace D C
来源:Review of Scientific Instruments, 2014, 85(11): 11E302.
DOI:10.1063/1.4891601

摘要

A new diagnostic has been developed on DIII-D that determines the impurity poloidal rotation from the poloidal asymmetry in the toroidal angular rotation velocity. This asymmetry is measured with recently added tangential charge exchange viewchords on the high-field side of the tokamak midplane. Measurements are made on co- and counter-current neutral beams, allowing the charge exchange cross section effect to be measured and eliminating the need for atomic physics calculations. The diagnostic implementation on DIII-D restricts the measurement range to the core (r/a < 0.6) where, relative to measurements made with the vertical charge exchange system, the spatial resolution is improved. Significant physics results have been obtained with this new diagnostic; for example, poloidal rotation measurements that significantly exceed neoclassical predictions.

  • 出版日期2014-11