Production and diagnosis of energetic particles in FAST

The Fusion Advanced Study Torus (FAST) has been proposed as a possible European satellite facility to study fast-ion physics in deuterium plasmas under conditions relevant to a burning plasma. Energetic minority ions (H or 3 He) accelerated by ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH), with dimensionle...

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Published in:Nuclear fusion 2012-02, Vol.52 (2), p.023002-10
Main Authors: Tardocchi, M, Bruschi, A, Figini, L, Grossetti, G, Marocco, D, Nocente, M, Calabrò, G, Cardinali, A, Crisanti, F, Esposito, B, Gorini, G, Grosso, G, Lontano, M, Nowak, S, Orsitto, F, Tartari, U, Tudisco, O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnosis
Diagnostic systems
Energetic particles
Heating
Mathematical models
Minorities
Nuclear fusion
Spectroscopy
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Summary:The Fusion Advanced Study Torus (FAST) has been proposed as a possible European satellite facility to study fast-ion physics in deuterium plasmas under conditions relevant to a burning plasma. Energetic minority ions (H or 3 He) accelerated by ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH), with dimensionless parameters close to those of fusion-born alphas in ITER, can be produced in FAST via 30 MW power ICRH minority heating. This work provides a first assessment of the extent to which the 3 He fast-ion population can be diagnosed in FAST with a set of dedicated diagnostics for confined fast particles. Neutron emission spectroscopy (NES), gamma-ray spectroscopy (GRS) and collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostics have been reviewed with a description of the state-of-the-art hardware and a preliminary analysis of the required lines of sight. The results of the analysis, based on numerical simulations of the spatial and energetic particle distribution function of the ICRH-accelerated ions for the standard FAST H-mode scenario, suggest that NES and GRS measurements can provide information on the fast 3 He population effective tail temperature, with time resolutions in the range 20–100 ms. The proposed CTS diagnostic can measure the fast-ion parallel and perpendicular temperature with a spatial resolution of 5–10 cm and a time resolution of 10 ms. The paper provides a scientific basis for the prediction of the production and diagnosis of energetic ions in FAST.
ISSN:0029-5515
1741-4326
DOI:10.1088/0029-5515/52/2/023002