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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 203, 2019
20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC20)
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| Article Number | 03006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Diagnostics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920303006 | |
| Published online | 25 March 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920303006
Runaway electron diagnostics for the COMPASS tokamak using EC emission
1
Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Rep.
2
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Rep.
3
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina 6280, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
* e-mail: farnik@ipp.cas.cz
Published online: 25 March 2019
An electron cyclotron emission (ECE) diagnostic of suprathermal electrons was utilised for runaway electron (RE) experiments purposes in the COMPASS tokamak. Our vertical ECE (V-ECE) system consists of a 16-channel heterodyne radiometer and an E-band horn antenna with a 76.5-88 GHz frequency range front-end. Simulations used for the design of the diagnostic showed a possibility of detecting the emission of low-energy (50-140 keV) runaway electrons. We realized measurements with both extraordinary (X-) and ordinary (O-) mode linear polarizations. The amplitudes of the X-mode and O-mode signals are similar, which can be explained by depolarised reflected radiation. V-ECE measurements in low-density flattop discharges and in discharges with massive gas injections of high-Z elements show correlations with other RE diagnostics. Our results are in the agreement with the principles of the primary runaway generation mechanisms.
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