NSTX tangential divertor camera

A. L. Roquemore, Ted Biewer, D. Johnson, S. J. Zweben, Nobuhiro Nishino, V. A. Soukhanovskii

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Abstract

Strong magnetic field shear around the divertor x-point is numerically predicted to lead to strong spatial asymmetries in turbulence driven particle fluxes. To visualize the turbulence and associated impurity line emission near the lower x-point region, a new tangential observation port has been recently installed on NSTX. A reentrant sapphire window with a moveable in-vessel mirror images the divertor region from the center stack out to R ∼ 80 cm and views the x-point for most plasma configurations. A coherent fiber optic bundle transmits the image through a remotely selected filter to a fast camera, for example, a 40 500 frames/s photron complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor camera. A gas puffer located in the lower inboard divertor will localize the turbulence in the region near the x-point. Edge fluid and turbulent codes UEDGE and BOUT will be used to interpret impurity and deuterium emission fluctuation measurements in the divertor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4190-4192
Number of pages3
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume75
Issue number10 II
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2004
Externally publishedYes

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