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Diagnostic weight functions in constants-of-motion phase-space
- Source :
- Nuclear Fusion, Vol 64, Iss 3, p 036007 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2024.
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Abstract
- The fast-ion phase-space distribution function in axisymmetric tokamak plasmas is completely described by the three constants of motion: energy, magnetic moment and toroidal canonical angular momentum. In this work, the observable regions of constants-of-motion phase-space, given a diagnostic setup, are identified and explained using projected velocities of the fast ions along the diagnostic lines-of-sight as a proxy for several fast-ion diagnostics, such as fast-ion $\text{D}_{\alpha}$ spectroscopy, collective Thomson scattering, neutron emission spectroscopy and gamma-ray spectroscopy. The observable region in constants-of-motion space is given by a position condition and a velocity condition, and the diagnostic sensitivity is given by a gyro-orbit and a drift-orbit weighting. As a practical example, 3D orbit weight functions quantifying the diagnostic sensitivity to each point in phase-space are computed and investigated for the future COMPASS-Upgrade and MAST-Upgrade tokamaks.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17414326 and 00295515
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nuclear Fusion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b92fdef3613942289d7805735e812c39
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad1fac