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[[File:Solar flare.png|420px|thumb|right|A prominence on the sun, an arc of plasma rising into the corona. Image credit: [http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Solar Dynamics Observatory] (April, 2010)]] | [[File:Solar flare.png|420px|thumb|right|A prominence on the sun, an arc of plasma rising into the corona. Image credit: [http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Solar Dynamics Observatory] (April, 2010)]] | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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!''Name'' !!''Abbreviation''!!''Measurement parameters'' | !''Name'' !!''Abbreviation''!!''Measurement parameters'' | ||
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|Thomson Scattering || TS || Electron temperature < | |Thomson Scattering || TS || Electron temperature <\math>T_e</math>, electron density <math>n_e</math> | ||
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|Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy || CXRS, CXS, CHERS, CER || Ion temperature < | |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> | ||
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|Motional Stark Effect || MSE || Magnetic pitch angle <math>tan(\gamma) = B_\theta/B_\phi</math> | |||
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|Electron Cyclotron Emission || ECE, ECEi || Electron temperature <math>T_e</math>, electron temperature fluctuations (turbulence) <math>\tilde{T}_e</math> | |||
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|Mirnov coils, pickup coils || - || magnetic field components and fluctuations (outside plasma) | |||
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A special bi-annual conference on fusion diagnostics is held in the U.S.: | A special bi-annual conference on fusion diagnostics is held in the U.S.: The [[Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics]] (HTPD) | ||
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