Visible imaging of edge turbulence in NSTX
Author(s) -
S. J. Zweben,
R. Maqueda,
K.W. Hill,
D. Johnson,
S. Kaye,
H. Kugel,
F. Levinton,
R. Maingi,
L. Roquemore,
S.A. Sabbagh,
G. A. Wurden
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/757605
Subject(s) - turbulence , tokamak , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , torus , physics , plasma , flux (metallurgy) , plasma diagnostics , computational physics , optics , mechanics , materials science , nuclear physics , computer science , geometry , mathematics , telecommunications , metallurgy
Edge plasma turbulence in tokamaks and stellarators is believed to cause the radial heat and particle flux across the separatrix and into the scrape-off-layers of these devices. This paper describes initial measurements of 2-D space-time structure of the edge density turbulence made using a visible imaging diagnostic in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX). The structure of the edge turbulence is most clearly visible using a method of ''gas puff imaging'' to locally illuminate the edge density turbulence
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