Electron heating and confinemet measurements in EBT-S using Thomson scattering

Thomson scattering of ruby laser light was used to measure electron temperatures and densities in the ELMO Bumpy Torus-Scale (EBT-S) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The measurements were made primarily during May 1980, although some were taken during January 1980. The scattering system, which was designed for very low electron density measurements, features a 14-J ruby laser, a high-throughput spectrometer, and 15% quantum efficiency photomultipliers. The measured electron densities lie in the range 5 X 10/sup 11/ cm/sup -3/ to 2.2 X 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/ with electron temperatures from 50 to 500 eV. The radial profiles of T/sub e/ and n/sub e/ are reasonably flat over an 8-cm region from the plasma center outward. The dependence of T/sub e/ and n/sub e/ on microwave power input and on background pressure is discussed. The electron data are used to derive approximate values of the energy confinement time