ヘリオトロンJ装置において超音速分子ビーム入射法で給気されたプラズマにおける周辺プラズマ揺動に関する研究

京都大学0048新制・課程博士博士(エネルギー科学)甲第18385号エネ博第297号新制||エネ||61(附属図書館)31243京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科エネルギー基礎科学専攻(主査)教授 水内 亨, 教授 前川 孝, 教授 佐野 史道学位規則第4条第1項該当Doctor of Energy ScienceKyoto UniversityDFA

Electron Density Reconstruction and Optimum Beam Arrangement of Far-Infrared Interferometer in Heliotron J

A multichannel far-infrared (FIR) laser interferometer is being developed for the helical-axis heliotron device Heliotron J with asymmetrical poloidal cross-section to study high-density plasma. Due to the shape of the cross-section, a new density reconstruction method based on the regularization technique was investigated for obtaining the electron density profile from the line-integrated density. For this purpose, the regularization parameter was optimized and determined by the generalized cross-validation (GCV) function and singular value decomposition (SVD). The reconstruction results show that the reconstructed profiles can be improved by carefully considering the beam position arrangement. The optimum beam arrangement is discussed in detail

Recent Progress in Plasma Control Studies on the Improvement of Plasma Performance in Heliotron J

Recent progress in plasma control studies on the improvement of plasma performance in Heliotron J is reviewed. The supersonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) fueling is successfully applied to Heliotron J plasma. A supersonic H2-beam is effectively injected to increase fueling efficiency and generate a peaked density profile. Local fueling with a short-pulsed SMBI can increase the core plasma density and avoid the degradation arising from edge cooling. Second harmonic electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) experiments were conducted by launching a focused Gaussian beam with a parallel refractive index of −0.05 ≤ N‖ ≤ 0.6. Results show that the electron cyclotron (EC) driven current is determined not only by N‖ but also by local magnetic field (B) structure where the EC power is deposited. Detailed analysis of the observed N‖ and B dependences is in progress with a ray-tracing simulation using the TRAVIS code. Fast ion velocity distribution was investigated using fast protons generated by ion cyclotron resonant frequency (ICRF) minority heating. For the standard configuration in Heliotron J, charge exchange neutral particle analysis (CX-NPA) measurements show higher effective temperature of fast minority protons in the on-axis resonance case compared to that in the HFS (high field side) off-axis resonance case. However, the increase in bulk ion temperature in the HFS resonance case is larger than that in the on-axis resonance

Development of a correlation ECE radiometer for electron temperature fluctuation measurements in Heliotron J

A radial correlation ECE radiometer diagnostic has been developed for electron temperature fluctuation measurements in the helical-axis heliotron device, Heliotron J. The radiometer consists of two heterodyne detection systems. One system scans the frequency of a local oscillator from 52 to 64 GHz with a single intermediate frequency filter, and the second system has a fixed frequency, 56 GHz local oscillator with four intermediate frequency filters. This frequency range covers measurement positions spanning from the plasma core to the half radius. Laboratory tests indicate that each system has narrow intermediate frequency bandwidth and high-sensitivity over a large dynamic range. During plasma experiments with NBI heating, radiation temperature fluctuation measured by the CECE radiometer decrease with increasing ECCD commensurate with previous measurements of energetic particle driven modes on Heliotron J

Development of a Laser Timing Controller for the High Time-Resolution Nd:YAG Thomson Scattering System in Heliotron J

A new laser timing controller for the high time-resolution Nd:YAG Thomson scattering system with two Nd:YAG lasers has been developed to study improved confinement physics in Heliotron J. A PIC-based timing controller synchronizes the timings of laser oscillations with plasma discharges and enables the measurement of plasma profiles with a precision of 80 ns), which is crucial for transport physics studies including spontaneous transitions