Development of 1-D Pinhole Lyman-alpha Cameras for Neutral Fueling and Particle Transport Studies on DIII-D

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Abstract

We present the design and implementation of a pinhole camera for the measurement of edge Lyman-alpha emission profiles on the DIII-D tokamak. The system consists of two cameras, each equipped with a narrowband Lyman-alpha reflective mirror, optical filter and AXUV photodiode detector array. The two cameras will provide a toroidal fan of views at 0.75 m below the midplane covering the scrape-off layer and pedestal region on both the high field and low field side. The targeted spatial resolution is ~8 mm with coverage area of ~180 mm. The Lyman-alpha camera is intended to provide an improved characterization of neutrals for DIII-D by measuring the Lyman-alpha brightness and using an Abel inversion to determine Lyman-alpha emissivity. The emissivity is used to calculate neutral density and ionization profiles in the pedestal and scrape off layer. The camera is designed to investigate divertor leakage, main chamber fueling and radial particle transport. Recent work on design, and component calibration procedures are detailed.

*This work is supported by the US Department of Energy under DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-SC0014264, and DE-AC02-09CH11466

Presenters

  • Aaron M Rosenthal

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

Authors

  • Aaron M Rosenthal

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
  • Alessandro Bortolon

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
    • Princeton Plasma Phys Lab
  • Jerry W Hughes

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT
    • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
  • Rui F Vieira

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
  • Rick Leccacorvi

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
  • Shaun R Haskey

    • PPPL
    • Princeton Plasma Phys Lab