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Diagnostic weight functions in constants-of-motion phase-space

Authors :
M. Rud
D. Moseev
F. Jaulmes
K. Bogar
J. Eriksson
H. Järleblad
M. Nocente
G. Prechel
B.C.G. Reman
B.S. Schmidt
A. Snicker
L. Stagner
A. Valentini
M. Salewski
Source :
Nuclear Fusion, Vol 64, Iss 3, p 036007 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2024.

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