Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 7, 2402064 (2012)

Regular Articles

Two Point Correlation Technique for the Measurements of Poloidal Plasma Rotation by Heavy Ion Beam Probe
Leonid ELISEEV, Alexander MELNIKOV, Stanislav PERFILOV and Carlos HIDALGO1)
Institute of Tokamak Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia
1)
Association EURATOM-CIEMAT, 28040, Madrid, Spain
(Received 9 December 2011 / Accepted 3 April 2012 / Published 26 July 2012)

Abstract

The paper proposes a method to measure poloidal rotation velocity of toroidal plasma vpol using Heavy Ion Beam Probe (HIBP) with a multi-slit energy analyzer. The method is based on calculation of phase shift between broadband density turbulence measured simultaneously in two sample volumes, located at the same magnetic surface but separated poloidally. Oscillatory component of HIBP beam current is used as a density turbulence characteristic. HIBP is capable to provide the temporal evolution of the vpol in a fixed radial position and also the vpol profile by periodic radial scan. Method was verified in real plasma experiment in ECRH and NBI discharges on the TJ-II stellarator. Result shows that in low density discharges (ne ≈ 0.3-0.5× 1019 m−3) absolute values of local vpol is about 4-6 km/s, oriented in the ion diamagnetic drift direction. When HIBP operates for radial scans, it is conventionally measuring the plasma potential profile, and so provides the radial electric field Er and velocity of E × B drift (vE×B) at the same time as plasma rotation. Experimental data shows that in low density ECRH plasma the rotation velocity coincides with E × B velocity within achieved experimental accuracy. When the density is increasing, both vE×B and vpol tends to decrease and then change the sign at threshold plasma densities in the range of ne ≈ 0.7-1 × 1019 m−3. With this new proposed technique HIBP becomes the new effective tool to study plasma rotation and turbulence characteristics in toroidal plasmas.

Keywords

HIBP, turbulence, poloidal rotation velocity

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.7.2402064

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Leonid ELISEEV, Alexander MELNIKOV, Stanislav PERFILOV and Carlos HIDALGO, Plasma Fusion Res. 7, 2402064 (2012).