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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 10, 3402017 (2015)

Regular Articles

Two-Dimensional Electron Temperature and Density Measurement during Strong Guide-Field Reconnection by using Slide-Type Thomson Scattering System
Xuehan GUO, Michiaki INOMOTO, Takumichi SUGAWARA, Takenori G WATANABE, Kotaro YAMASAKI1), Tomohiko USHIKI and Yasushi ONO
Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo 113-8656, Japan
(Received 25 November 2014 / Accepted 26 January 2015 / Published 19 March 2015)

Abstract

In UTST device, magnetic reconnection with strong guide-field (strong guide-field reconnection) takes place during the ST merging period. To evaluate the energy conversion by magnetic reconnection quantitatively, the measurement of the electron temperature and density with a high confidence and accuracy is required. We developed a novel slide-type two-dimensional Thomson scattering measurement system to evaluate electron heating during strong guide-field magnetic reconnection in the UTST device.

Keywords

magnetic reconnection, plasma merging, Thomson scattering, two-dimensional, slide-type

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.10.3402017

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Xuehan GUO, Michiaki INOMOTO, Takumichi SUGAWARA, Takenori G WATANABE, Kotaro YAMASAKI, Tomohiko USHIKI and Yasushi ONO, Plasma Fusion Res. 10, 3402017 (2015).