Main ion toroidal rotation in the edge of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

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Abstract

The main ion toroidal rotation and temperature is measured spectroscopically at the inner wall midplane plasma edge $\pm$1 cm around the last closed flux surface. A four channel high resolution transmission grating spectrometer monitors the Doppler shift and width of the deuterium Balmer beta emission line shape at 4860 {\AA}, every 8 ms for the duration of the discharge. The measurement is localized using a radially oriented neutral deuterium gas puff which enhances the emission via charge exchange with the fuel ions. Comparisons with impurity rotation and temperature from B V deduced in a similar fashion will be given under various plasma conditions. Also, a proof of principle measurement of helium rotation and temperature in an L-mode helium majority plasma has been accomplished by monitoring the diagnostic neutral beam induced charge exchange enhancement of the Paschen $\alpha$ transition in He II at 4686 {\AA}. This work was performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Authors

  • A. Graf

    University of California at Davis

  • D.G. Whyte

    PSFC MIT, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

  • Kenneth Marr

    Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT, PSFC

  • M.J. May

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • P. Beiersdorfer

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL