Soft x-ray tomography measurements in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator
Open Access
- 1 March 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Vol. 62 (3), 035010
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab630d
Abstract
The soft x-ray tomography diagnostic in the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X consists of twenty pinhole cameras, up-down symmetrically arranged in a poloidal, triangular cross-section of the plasma vessel. The x-ray emissivity is measured with 16 bit amplitude resolution at 2 MHz sampling rate along 360 lines-of-sight by silicon photodiode arrays. In the recent operation campaign data acquisition (DAQ) has been working reliable for the conducted plasma pulse lengths <1 min, however the DAQ system are ready for the foreseen 30 min plasma pulse lengths of upcoming campaigns. The bandwidth of the preamplifiers is 200 kHz and the sensitive energy range is approximately 1-12 keV. The measurements indicate the up-down symmetric emissivity distribution in the triangular poloidal cross-section. First tomographic reconstructions of different magnetic field configurations are consistent with the theoretically calculated flux surface topology.Funding Information
- H2020 Euratom (633053)
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