Dynamic behavior of plasma space potential in toroidal helical plasmas

Author

Iguchi, H. ; Fujisawa, A. ; Lee, Sang-Rim ; Crowley, T.P. ; Hamada, Yasuhiro

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Fusion Sci., Toki, Japan

fYear

1998

Firstpage

120

Abstract

Summary form only given. A heavy ion beam probe (HIBP) is a unique diagnostic which can measure plasma space potential with high spatial and temporal resolution. The radial electric field can be deduced from the potential profile. We have installed a 200 keV beam HIBP on the Compact Helical System (CHS). The fast time response of this diagnostic makes it possible to study fast phenomena such as transition, collapse and fluctuations as well as static space potential profiles. In this paper, recent experimental results from the CHS HIBP will be presented, with special emphasis on the dynamic behavior of the space potential associated with electric field bifurcation and on potential oscillations during bursting MHD instabilities. These results have produced new insights for plasmas confined by toroidal helical systems.

Keywords

plasma fluctuations; plasma instability; plasma probes; plasma toroidal confinement; CHS; Compact Helical System; bursting MHD instabilities; collapse; dynamic behavior; electric field bifurcation; fast phenomena; fluctuations; heavy ion beam probe; high spatial resolution; high temporal resolution; plasma space potential; potential oscillations; radial electric field; static space potential profiles; toroidal helical plasmas; transition; Extraterrestrial measurements; Extraterrestrial phenomena; Fluctuations; Ion beams; Plasma confinement; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Probes; Spatial resolution; Time factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1998. 25th Anniversary. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1998 IEEE International on

Conference_Location

Raleigh, NC, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4792-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1998.677490

Filename

677490