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This article considers a four-frequency microwave Doppler backscattering (DBS) system in the compact spherical tokamak Globus-M. The hardware was adequate for the purposes of studying the peripheral plasma in the tokamak. The multichannel DBS system is based on duplication of a dual homodyne detection circuit for four incident Ka-band frequencies. The ray tracing results for a spherical torus are described, and specific requirements for the antenna tilt adjustment are defined. Some new experimental results are given for using DBS diagnostics on the Globus-M tokamak in order to illustrate its efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Alfvén oscillations were studied using the multifrequency Doppler backscattering (DBS) method on the Globus-M spherical tokamak during the neutral deuterium injection. The principles of Alfvén mode registration by the DBS method are discussed. Microwave schemes of multifrequency probing are described. It is shown that the observed plasma rotation velocity oscillations are due to the oscillations of the drift velocity in crossed radial electric field of the Alfvén wave and the magnetic field. The absolute values of the magnetic field perturbations of the toroidal Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) in the internal regions of the tokamak discharge are determined. The obtained data are compared with the results of the magnetic field oscillations measurements obtained by a magnetic probe located outside the plasma region. The use of multifrequency probing in the DBS method made it possible to determine the radial distributions of the amplitude of magnetic field oscillations. These data were obtained for oscillations at the TAE fundamental frequency and at harmonic frequencies, which were found to correspond to different toroidal mode numbers. In general, the data obtained can be compared with the results of numerical modeling of the Alfvén spectrum in the Globus-M tokamak. The prospects for the further use of the DBS method for studying Alfvén oscillations in toroidal installations are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here we report the results of the turbulence study in the high-confinement mode (H-mode) with and without edge localized modes (ELMs). The study was performed by the Doppler backscattering (DBS) method on the Globus-M tokamak. Two types of ELMs were observed in the Globus-M tokamak during NBI heating and accordingly, two different transitions to transient ELM-free modes were discovered. It was demonstrated that the transition from the H-mode with ELMs accompanied by small sawtooth oscillations to the ELM-free H-mode is characterized by the drop of the turbulence amplitude near the periphery while the transition in the case of ELMs is accompanied by large sawtooth oscillations, which occur without suppression of peripheral turbulence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of a study of toroidal Alfvén modes using the multifrequency method of Doppler backscattering at the Globus-M tokamak have been presented. The method for recording Alfvén modes in multichannel probing has been introduced. The possible causes of the observed oscillations of the poloidal velocity of plasma rotation at the frequencies of Alfvén waves have been discussed in detail. The data on the spatial distribution of Alfvén modes have been presented. The recommendations for further development of Doppler backscattering for a more detailed study of toroidal Alfvén modes at tokamaks have been defined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Experimental data are presented that indicate the effect of the magnetohydrodynamic tearing mode in the Globus-M spherical tokamak on the occurrence of filamentary structures (filaments). The filaments are recorded by the Doppler backscattering method. The groups of filaments localized in the toroidal direction are discovered, the appearance of which is synchronized with the propagation of the tearing mode. Possible causes of the effect of low-frequency magnetohydrodynamic oscillations on the occurrence of filament groups are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]