Divertor Target Plate Measurements With the New DIII-D Langmuir Probe Array

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Abstract

A new Langmuir probe array with higher power handling capability was installed in the DIII-D lower divertor. The new pyrolytic graphite probes have 100X larger mass than the previous design that increases the total energy capacity for longer plasma pulses, a fixed 12.5~degree surface angle for more uniform heat flux, and a symmetric ``rooftop" design to allow operation with reversed toroidal field. The 4~mm wide probes are located 1.5~cm apart near the pumping baffle entrance for improved spatial resolution and 3~cm apart on the shelf above the pump. Target plate profiles, of $n_e$, $T_e$, and $I_{sat}$ at high spatial resolution during radiative divertor and ELM suppression experiments, which use strong divertor pumping, will be shown.

*Supported by the US DOE under DE-AC04-94AL85000, DE-FC02-04ER54698, National Undergraduate Fusion Fellowship, DE-FG02-04ER54758, and W-7405-ENG-48.

Authors

  • J.G. Watkins

    • SNL
  • D.A. Taussig

  • R.L. Boivin

  • T.E. Evans

    • General Atomics
    • GA
  • T.W. Petrie

  • M.A. Mahdavi

    • GA
  • A. Nelson

    • U. St. Thomas
  • I. Joseph

  • R.A. Moyer

    • UCSD
  • C.J. Lasnier

    • LLNL
  • M.E. Fenstermacher

  • M. Groth

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL