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Diagnostics are the eyes and ears of fusion reactors. They return vital parameters such as the temperature, the density, the impurity content, the magnetic field et cetera. A distinction can be made between active and passive diagnostics (the former requiring the injection of light beams, particles, or probes, while the latter is based on the observation of radiation and particles emitted spontaneously by the plasma). Below follows a list of different diagnostics, together with their main measurement parameters.

Passive diagnostics

Name	Abbreviation	Measurement parameters
Electron Cyclotron Emission	ECE, ECEi	Electron temperature $T_{e}$ , electron temperature fluctuations (turbulence) ${\tilde {T}}_{e}$ (local)
Soft X-Ray Emission	SXR	A combination of electron temperature $T_{e}$ , electron density $n_{e}$ , and effective charge $Z_{eff}$ (line integral)
Mirnov coils, pickup coils	-	Magnetic field components and fluctuations (outside plasma)

Active diagnostics

Name	Abbreviation	Measurement parameters
Thomson Scattering	TS	Electron temperature $T_{e}$ , electron density $n_{e}$ (local)
Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy	CXRS, CXS, CHERS, CER	Ion temperature $T_{i}$ , toroidal and poloidal plasma rotation velocity $v_{\phi }$ , $v_{\theta }$ , impurity density $n_{Z}$
Motional Stark Effect	MSE	Magnetic pitch angle $\tan(\gamma )=B_{\theta }/B_{\phi }$
Heavy Ion Beam Probe	HIBP	Electron density $n_{e}$ , plasma potential $\phi$ (local) See TJ-II:Heavy Ion Beam Probe
Interferometry	-	Electron density $n_{e}$ (line integral)
Polarimetry	-	Magnetic field pitch (line integral)
Reflectometry	-	Electron density $n_{e}$ (local, fluctuations)

A special bi-annual conference on fusion diagnostics is held in the U.S.: The Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics (HTPD)

References

I.H. Hutchinson, Principles of Plasma Diagnostics, Cambridge University Press; 2^nd edition (2002) ISBN 978-0521803892

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 Diagnostics are the eyes and ears of fusion reactors. They return vital parameters such as the temperature, the density, the impurity content, the magnetic field et cetera.
 A distinction can be made between ''active'' and ''passive'' diagnostics (the former requiring the injection of light beams, particles, or probes, while the latter is based on the observation of radiation and particles emitted spontaneously by the plasma).
 Below follows a list of different diagnostics, together with their main measurement parameters.
+== Passive diagnostics ==
 {| class="wikitable"  align="center" border="1"
 !''Name'' !!''Abbreviation''!!''Measurement parameters''
 |-
-|Thomson Scattering || TS || Electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron density <math>n_e</math>
+|Electron Cyclotron Emission || ECE, ECEi || Electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron temperature fluctuations (turbulence) <math>\tilde{T}_e</math> (local)
 |-
-|Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy || CXRS, CXS, CHERS, CER || Ion temperature <math>T_i</math>, toroidal and poloidal plasma rotation velocity <math>v_\phi</math>, <math>v_\theta</math>, impurity density <math>n_Z</math>
+|Soft X-Ray Emission || SXR || A combination of electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron density <math>n_e</math>, and effective charge <math>Z_{eff}</math> (line integral)
 |-
-|Motional Stark Effect || MSE || Magnetic pitch angle <math>\tan(\gamma) = B_\theta/B_\phi</math>
+|Mirnov coils, pickup coils || - || Magnetic field components and fluctuations (outside plasma)
+|}
+== Active diagnostics ==
+{| class="wikitable"  align="center" border="1"
+!''Name'' !!''Abbreviation''!!''Measurement parameters''
 |-
-|Electron Cyclotron Emission || ECE, ECEi || Electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron temperature fluctuations (turbulence) <math>\tilde{T}_e</math>
+|Thomson Scattering || TS || Electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron density <math>n_e</math> (local)
 |-
-|Soft X-Ray Emission || SXR || A combination of electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron density <math>n_e</math>, and effective charge <math>Z_{eff}</math>
+|Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy || CXRS, CXS, CHERS, CER || Ion temperature <math>T_i</math>, toroidal and poloidal plasma rotation velocity <math>v_\phi</math>, <math>v_\theta</math>, impurity density <math>n_Z</math>
 |-
-|Mirnov coils, pickup coils || - || magnetic field components and fluctuations (outside plasma)
+|Motional Stark Effect || MSE || Magnetic pitch angle <math>\tan(\gamma) = B_\theta/B_\phi</math>
 |-
-|Heavy Ion Beam Probe || HIBP || Electron density <math>n_e</math>, plasma potential <math>\phi</math> <br>See [[TJ-II:Heavy Ion Beam Probe]]
+|Heavy Ion Beam Probe || HIBP || Electron density <math>n_e</math>, plasma potential <math>\phi</math> (local) <br>See [[TJ-II:Heavy Ion Beam Probe]]
 |-
 |Interferometry || - || Electron density <math>n_e</math> (line integral)
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 |Polarimetry || - || Magnetic field pitch (line integral)
 |-
-|Reflectometry || - || Electron density <math>n_e</math> (edge profile, fluctuations)
+|Reflectometry || - || Electron density <math>n_e</math> (local, fluctuations)
 |}
 A special bi-annual conference on fusion diagnostics is held in the U.S.: The [[Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics]] (HTPD)

Diagnostics: Difference between revisions

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