Reconstructions of velocity distributions from fast-ion D-alpha(FIDA)measurements on EAST

2D fast-ion velocity-space distributions have been reconstructed from two-view fast-ion D-alpha(FIDA)measurements on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak(EAST).To make up for the sparse data and incomplete velocity-space coverage with the dual-view,we use nonnegativity and null-measurements as prior information to reconstruct the velocity distribution in experiments with co-and counter-current neutral beam injection.An improved reconstructed fast-ion distribution is achieved by combining the existing O-and B-port FIDA measurements with the proposed A-port FIDA view.To further improve the reliability of FIDA-based reconstructions on EAST,based on real multi-view FIDA measurements on EAST in the near future,various bases will be studied further.

Observation of deuterium molecule emission spectra under an active feedback control of H-mod plasma divertor detachment experiment on the EAST tokamak

Based on neon gas puffing, an active feedback control of H-mod plasma divertor detachment experiment was successfully operated on the EAST tokamak. During the feedback control discharge, the plasma was detached by puffing neon gas and the strike point splitting phenomenon on divertor target was also clearly observed by divertor probes diagnostic.In boundary region, many neutral particle processes(atom and molecule) were happened and accompanied by their emission spectra under the detachment discharge. By studying these emission spectra, it is helpful for us to understand the role of atoms and molecules in boundary recycling, which is important for studying the physical mechanism of divertor detachment. For the Fulcher-α system(d(3 p)3Πu±→ a(2 s)3Σg+), D2 emission spectra in the range from 601 nm to 606 nm were observed, identified and fitted in the detachment experiment for the first time on the EAST, and the spectra in the Q(0–0) band(d3Πu-→ a(2 s)3Σg+) in the Q branch of the Fulcher-α system were used for detailed analysis to acquire the boundary region temperature Te(below 5eV), which could not be provided very well by other diagnostics on the EAST. An electronic version deuterium molecular spectral line database was established to identify the spectral lines and a multi-peak fitting program was developed to fit and analyze the observed spectra.

Analysis of asymmetry of the D_(α)emission spectra under the Zeeman effect in boundary region for D-D experiment on EAST tokamak

In 2015 campaign,deuterium atomic emission spectra(D_(α))under the Zeeman effect in boundary region had been measured by a high resolution optical spectroscopic multichannel analysis(OSMA)system based on passive spectroscopy during the deuterium plasma discharge on EAST tokamak,and part of the works about the Zeeman effect on D_(α)spectra had already been done.However,the asymmetric phenomena of D_(α)emission spectra under the Zeeman effect were observed in process of analyzing the spectral data.To understand the asymmetric phenomena and acquire the useful local plasma information,an algorithm was proposed and used to analyze the asymmetry of the emission spectra under the Zeeman effect with all polarization components(πand±σ).In the algorithm,the neutral atoms were considered to follow the Maxwell distribution on EAST,and I+σ=I-σwas considered and set.Because of the line-averaged spectra along the viewing chord,the emission spectra were considered from two different regions:low-field side(LFS)and high-field side(HFS).Each spectral line was classified into three energy categories(the cold,warm,and hot)based on different atomic production processes in boundary recycling.The viewing angleθ(between the magnetic field B and the viewing chord),magnetic field B at two spectral emission positions(HFS and LFS)and the Doppler shift of all three energy categories of each spectral line were all considered in the algorithm.The effect of instrument function was also included here.The information of the boundary plasma were acquired,the reason for the asymmetric phenomena was discussed,and the boundary recycling during the discharge were studied in the paper.Based on fitting a statistical data of acquired fitting results,an important conclusion was acquired that the ratio of the spectral line intensity in HFS and LFS was proportional to the square of that of the corresponding magnetic field.

Hybrid PMM-MoM Method for the Analysis of Finite Periodic Structures

In this paper, a hybrid method (hybrid PMM-MoM method) is presented for the effective and accurate analysis of finite periodic structures. This method divides a finite periodic structure into two parts. The inner part of an approximate infinite periodic structure is analyzed by periodic method of moment (PMM);the outer part is then analyzed by method of moments (MoM). For the finite periodic structures, the accuracy of the new method is much better than that of the pure PMM, and is almost the same as that of pure MoM. Because pure PMM uses the periodic boundary conditions, it takes much less memory resources and computation time. For hybrid PMM-MoM method, because the inner part is calculated by PMM, the calculation work concentrates on the outer part. Consequently, compared with the exact MoM, the new method saves much more memory resources and computation time, which provides a drastic reduction of unknowns.