Electrostatic Potential Measurement by Using 6-MeV Heavy Ion Beam Probe on LHD

  • IDO Takeshi
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • SHIMIZU Akihiro
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • NISHIURA Masaki
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • KATO Shinji
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • NAKANO Haruhisa
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • NISHIZAWA Akimitsu
    Tono Geoscience Centre, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Toki, Gifu, Japan.
  • HAMADA Yasuji
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • YOKOTA Mitsuhiro
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • TSUKADA Kiwamu
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • OGAWA Hideki
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • INOUE Tomoyuki
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • IDA Katsumi
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • YOSHINUMA Mikiro
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • MURAKAMI Sadayoshi
    Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
  • TANAKA Kenji
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • NARIHARA Kazumichi
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • YAMADA Ichihiro
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • KAWAHATA Kazuo
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • TAMURA Naoki
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
  • the LHD Experimental Group
    National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan

Abstract

A heavy ion beam probe (HIBP) using a 3 MV tandem accelerator was installed in Large Helical Device (LHD). It is designed to measure the electrostatic potential in the core region directly. It is calibrated and can be used to measure the electrostatic potential profiles in LHD plasmas. The radial electric field (Er) obtained from the potential profiles measured using the HIBP agrees with that measured by charge exchange spectroscopy (CXS). Er predicted by the neoclassical theory is also compared to that measured using the HIBP, and is in good agreement with the experimental results in the core region.

Journal

  • Plasma and Fusion Research

    Plasma and Fusion Research 3 (0), 031-031, 2008

    The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research

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