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Fluctuation studies using combined Mach/triple probe

Author(s) -

W.M. Solomon,

Michael Shats

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

review of scientific instruments

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605

H-Index - 165

eISSN - 1089-7623

pISSN - 0034-6748

DOI - 10.1063/1.1318244

Subject(s) - mach number , gyroradius , ion , radius , electron temperature , plasma diagnostics , plasma , atomic physics , langmuir probe , magnetic field , physics , electron , electron density , computational physics , materials science , optics , mechanics , nuclear physics , computer security , quantum mechanics , computer science

A probe consisting of two poloidally separated triple probes and a Mach probe (TMT probe) has been designed and installed on the H-1 heliac to study fluctuations. Mach probes are shown to be sensitive to the fluctuations in the electron density, electron and ion temperatures, and ion drift velocity. If the ion Larmor radius is much larger than the characteristic probe dimension, then the Mach probe is insensitive to the magnetic field. When the Mach probe is oriented such that the two tips are separated radially, it becomes sensitive to the radial velocity of the ions. A model has been devised to allow the above mentioned time-resolved plasma parameters to be reconstructed from the data obtained using the TMT probe. One of the important results of these studies is that ion temperature fluctuations cannot be neglected.

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