Conceptual design of heavy ion beam probes on the PLATO tokamak

T. Ido, A. Fujisawa, K. Takemura, T. K. Kobayashi, D. Nishimura, N. Kasuya, A. Fukuyama, C. Moon, K. Yamasaki, S. Inagaki, Y. Nagashima, T. Yamada

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Abstract

Heavy ion beam probe (HIBP) systems have been designed for the new tokamak, PLATO [A. Fujisawa, AIP Conf. Proc. 1993, 020011 (2018)]. The designs have been completed, and the installations are in progress. Two HIBPs are being installed in toroidal sections 180° apart to investigate long-range correlations in the toroidal direction. Each HIBP consists of an injection beamline and a detection beamline as usual. Yet, one of the HIBPs is equipped with an additional detection beamline; the measurement positions of its two detection beamlines can be placed on almost the same magnetic surface yet at poloidal angles that differ by ∼180°. The use of three detection beamlines allows us to investigate spatial asymmetry and long-range correlations in both the toroidal and poloidal directions, simultaneously. The detected beam intensity is expected to be enough for turbulence measurements in almost the entire plasma region when the electron density is up to 1 × 1019 m-3 by selecting appropriate ion species for the probe beam. Each detector has three channels 10 mm apart, allowing measurement of local structures of micro-scale turbulence. Therefore, using the HIBPs on the PLATO tokamak will enable both local and global properties of plasma turbulence to be investigated, simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Article number053553
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume92
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 1 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation

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