Charge-exchange measurements of high-energy fast ions in LHD using negative-ion neutral beam injection

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Auteurs principaux: Hayashi, W. H. J., Heidbrink, W. W., Muscatello, C. M., Lin, D. J., Osakabe, M., Ogawa, K., Kawamoto, Y., Yamaguchi, H., Seki, R., Nuga, H., Isobe, M., Fujiwara, Y., Kamio, S.
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author Hayashi, W. H. J.
Heidbrink, W. W.
Muscatello, C. M.
Lin, D. J.
Osakabe, M.
Ogawa, K.
Kawamoto, Y.
Yamaguchi, H.
Seki, R.
Nuga, H.
Isobe, M.
Fujiwara, Y.
Kamio, S.
author_facet Hayashi, W. H. J.
Heidbrink, W. W.
Muscatello, C. M.
Lin, D. J.
Osakabe, M.
Ogawa, K.
Kawamoto, Y.
Yamaguchi, H.
Seki, R.
Nuga, H.
Isobe, M.
Fujiwara, Y.
Kamio, S.
contents A new sightline geometry for the fast-ion D-alpha (FIDA) diagnostic on the Large Helical Device (LHD) has been confirmed to measure signals for high-energy fast ions produced by negative-ion neutral beam injection. The newly installed sightline uses a 180 keV tangential negative-ion neutral beamline as the active source. Due to the small angle between the beamline and FIDA sightline, the relative velocity between fast ions and injected neutrals is small. This allows for high-energy fast ions just below the beam injection energy to produce measurable Doppler-shifted FIDA emission. Experiments were conducted at LHD in order to compare the new sightline, which views a high-energy negative-ion tangential beamline, and the old sightline, which views a low-energy perpendicular positive-ion neutral beamline. The measured FIDA signal is validated against predictions from the synthetic fast-ion diagnostic code FIDASIM with a distribution function modelled by the 5D transport code GNET. The results of the experiment confirm that reducing the viewing angle with a tangential active beam allows FIDA diagnostic to view high-energy fast ions with a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio.
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spellingShingle Charge-exchange measurements of high-energy fast ions in LHD using negative-ion neutral beam injection
Hayashi, W. H. J.
Heidbrink, W. W.
Muscatello, C. M.
Lin, D. J.
Osakabe, M.
Ogawa, K.
Kawamoto, Y.
Yamaguchi, H.
Seki, R.
Nuga, H.
Isobe, M.
Fujiwara, Y.
Kamio, S.
Plasma Physics
A new sightline geometry for the fast-ion D-alpha (FIDA) diagnostic on the Large Helical Device (LHD) has been confirmed to measure signals for high-energy fast ions produced by negative-ion neutral beam injection. The newly installed sightline uses a 180 keV tangential negative-ion neutral beamline as the active source. Due to the small angle between the beamline and FIDA sightline, the relative velocity between fast ions and injected neutrals is small. This allows for high-energy fast ions just below the beam injection energy to produce measurable Doppler-shifted FIDA emission. Experiments were conducted at LHD in order to compare the new sightline, which views a high-energy negative-ion tangential beamline, and the old sightline, which views a low-energy perpendicular positive-ion neutral beamline. The measured FIDA signal is validated against predictions from the synthetic fast-ion diagnostic code FIDASIM with a distribution function modelled by the 5D transport code GNET. The results of the experiment confirm that reducing the viewing angle with a tangential active beam allows FIDA diagnostic to view high-energy fast ions with a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio.
title Charge-exchange measurements of high-energy fast ions in LHD using negative-ion neutral beam injection
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10597