A novel method for thermal noise reduction, enabling measurements of broadband, low-amplitude electron temperature fluctuations using individual radiometer channels

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yoo, Christian, Conway, Garrard D., Schellpfeffer, Jacob, Bielajew, Rachel, Hoefler, Klara, Cruz-Zabala, Diego J., Cusick, David, Burke, William, Vanovac, Branka, White, Anne E., Team, the ASDEX Upgrade
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866915647931285504
author Yoo, Christian
Conway, Garrard D.
Schellpfeffer, Jacob
Bielajew, Rachel
Hoefler, Klara
Cruz-Zabala, Diego J.
Cusick, David
Burke, William
Vanovac, Branka
White, Anne E.
Team, the ASDEX Upgrade
author_facet Yoo, Christian
Conway, Garrard D.
Schellpfeffer, Jacob
Bielajew, Rachel
Hoefler, Klara
Cruz-Zabala, Diego J.
Cusick, David
Burke, William
Vanovac, Branka
White, Anne E.
Team, the ASDEX Upgrade
contents A new analysis method has been developed for measurements of broadband, low-amplitude turbulent electron temperature fluctuations in fusion plasmas using individual radiometer channels of a Correlation Electron Cyclotron Emission (CECE) diagnostic. This method takes advantage of differences in the correlation time of thermal noise compared to the correlation time of plasma fluctuations in fusion reactors. The validation of this single-channel method is demonstrated using comparisons with the standard dual-channel radiometer spectral decorrelation method for measurements of turbulent electron temperature fluctuations in the core and edge of low confinement (L), improved confinement (I), and high confinement (H)-mode plasmas at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2512_02244
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A novel method for thermal noise reduction, enabling measurements of broadband, low-amplitude electron temperature fluctuations using individual radiometer channels
Yoo, Christian
Conway, Garrard D.
Schellpfeffer, Jacob
Bielajew, Rachel
Hoefler, Klara
Cruz-Zabala, Diego J.
Cusick, David
Burke, William
Vanovac, Branka
White, Anne E.
Team, the ASDEX Upgrade
Plasma Physics
A new analysis method has been developed for measurements of broadband, low-amplitude turbulent electron temperature fluctuations in fusion plasmas using individual radiometer channels of a Correlation Electron Cyclotron Emission (CECE) diagnostic. This method takes advantage of differences in the correlation time of thermal noise compared to the correlation time of plasma fluctuations in fusion reactors. The validation of this single-channel method is demonstrated using comparisons with the standard dual-channel radiometer spectral decorrelation method for measurements of turbulent electron temperature fluctuations in the core and edge of low confinement (L), improved confinement (I), and high confinement (H)-mode plasmas at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak.
title A novel method for thermal noise reduction, enabling measurements of broadband, low-amplitude electron temperature fluctuations using individual radiometer channels
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02244