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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 2, S1100 (2007)

Regular Articles


Spatial Resolution of the Heavy Ion Beam Probe on LHD
T. IDO, A. SHIMIZU, M. NISHIURA, Y. HAMADA, S. KATO, A. NISHIZAWA1) and H. NAKANO
National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi-cho, Toki-shi, Gifu, 509-5292, Japan
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Tono Geoscience Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Toki, Gifu, Japan
(Received 7 December 2006 / Accepted 12 March 2007 / Published 20 November 2007)

Abstract

The sizes of sample volumes, which determine the spatial resolution, are estimated by trajectory calculation for the heavy ion beam probe on LHD. The beam width, the divergence, and the beam energy difference are taken into account. From the points of view of the spatial resolution and the signal intensity, parallel beam is suitable for the injection beam. The size of the sample volume by the parallel beam with 10mm diameter is 42 mm. It is sufficient to measure the potential profile in the internal transport barrier in the LHD plasma. Taking into account the spatial profile of the beam, the spatial resolution will be better than 42 mm.


Keywords

heavy ion beam probe, HIBP, spatial resolution, sample volume

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.2.S1100


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This paper may be cited as follows:

T. IDO, A. SHIMIZU, M. NISHIURA, Y. HAMADA, S. KATO, A. NISHIZAWA and H. NAKANO, Plasma Fusion Res. 2, S1100 (2007).