Diagnostic weight functions in constants-of-motion phase-space

M. Rud*, D. Moseev, F. Jaulmes, K. Bogar, J. Eriksson, H. Järleblad, M. Nocente, G. Prechel, B. C.G. Reman, B. S. Schmidt, Antti Snicker, L. Stagner, A. Valentini, M. Salewski

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Abstract

The fast-ion phase-space distribution function in axisymmetric tokamak plasmas is completely described by the three constants of motion: energy, magnetic moment and toroidal canonical angular momentum. In this work, the observable regions of constants-of-motion phase-space, given a diagnostic setup, are identified and explained using projected velocities of the fast ions along the diagnostic lines-of-sight as a proxy for several fast-ion diagnostics, such as fast-ion D α spectroscopy, collective Thomson scattering, neutron emission spectroscopy and gamma-ray spectroscopy. The observable region in constants-of-motion space is given by a position condition and a velocity condition, and the diagnostic sensitivity is given by a gyro-orbit and a drift-orbit weighting. As a practical example, 3D orbit weight functions quantifying the diagnostic sensitivity to each point in phase-space are computed and investigated for the future COMPASS-Upgrade and MAST-Upgrade tokamaks.

Original languageEnglish
Article number036007
Number of pages23
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume64
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

We thank Lars-Göran Eriksson for fruitful discussions on orbit topology. This work has received support from the Niels Bohr Foundation which is a merger of The Niels Bohr Grant, The Emil Herborg Grant, The Grant of Mag.art. Marcus Lorenzen, The Ole Rømer Foundation and The Julie Marie Vinter Hansen Travel Grant. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EURO fusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 - EURO fusion). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

Keywords

  • constants-of-motion phase-space
  • diagnostics
  • fast ions
  • weight functions

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