Recent development of collective Thomson scattering for magnetically confined fusion plasmas

Authors :: Frank Leipold
J. Juul Rasmussen
S. K. Hansen
P. K. Michelsen
M. Schubert
J. Stober
D. Wagner
Søren Bang Korsholm
M. Stejner
Stefan Kragh Nielsen
Mirko Salewski
ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society
Source :: Physica Scripta, Nielsen, S K, Michelsen, P, Hansen, S K, Korsholm, S B, Leipold, F, Rasmussen, J, Salewski, M, Schubert, M, Pedersen, M S, Stober, J & Wágner, D S 2017, ' Recent development of collective Thomson scattering for magnetically confined fusion plasmas ', Physica Scripta, vol. 92, no. 2, 024001 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/92/2/024001
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: Here we review recent experimental developments within the field of collective Thomson scattering with a focus on the progress made on the devices TEXTOR and ASDEX Upgrade. We discuss recently discovered possibilities and limitations of the diagnostic technique. Diagnostic applications with respect to ion measurements are demonstrated. Examples include measurements of the ion temperature, energetic ion distribution function, and the ion composition.

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