Development of the scintillator-based probe for fast-ion losses in the HL-2A tokamak

Y P Zhang; Yi Liu; X B Luo; M Isobe; G L Yuan; Y Q Liu; Y Hua; X Y Song; J W Yang; X Li; W Chen; Y Li; L W Yan; X M Song; Q W Yang; X R Duan

doi:10.1063/1.4872385

Development of the scintillator-based probe for fast-ion losses in the HL-2A tokamak

Rev Sci Instrum. 2014 May;85(5):053502. doi: 10.1063/1.4872385.

Authors

Y P Zhang¹, Yi Liu¹, X B Luo², M Isobe³, G L Yuan¹, Y Q Liu², Y Hua², X Y Song¹, J W Yang¹, X Li¹, W Chen¹, Y Li¹, L W Yan¹, X M Song¹, Q W Yang¹, X R Duan¹

Affiliations

¹ Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China.
² Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
³ National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5259, Japan.

PMID: 24880364
DOI: 10.1063/1.4872385

Abstract

A new scintillator-based lost fast-ion probe (SLIP) has been developed and operated in the HL-2A tokamak [L. W. Yan, X. R. Duan, X. T. Ding, J. Q. Dong, Q. W. Yang, Yi Liu, X. L. Zou, D. Q. Liu, W. M. Xuan, L. Y. Chen, J. Rao, X. M. Song, Y. Huang, W. C. Mao, Q. M. Wang, Q. Li, Z. Cao, B. Li, J. Y. Cao, G. J. Lei, J. H. Zhang, X. D. Li, W. Chen, J. Chen, C. H. Cui, Z. Y. Cui, Z. C. Deng, Y. B. Dong, B. B. Feng, Q. D. Gao, X. Y. Han, W. Y. Hong, M. Huang, X. Q. Ji, Z. H. Kang, D. F. Kong, T. Lan, G. S. Li, H. J. Li, Qing Li, W. Li, Y. G. Li, A. D. Liu, Z. T. Liu, C. W. Luo, X. H. Mao, Y. D. Pan, J. F. Peng, Z. B. Shi, S. D. Song, X. Y. Song, H. J. Sun, A. K. Wang, M. X. Wang, Y. Q. Wang, W. W. Xiao, Y. F. Xie, L. H. Yao, D. L. Yu, B. S. Yuan, K. J. Zhao, G. W. Zhong, J. Zhou, J. C. Yan, C. X. Yu, C. H. Pan, Y. Liu, and the HL-2A Team, Nucl. Fusion 51, 094016 (2011)] to measure the losses of neutral beam ions. The design of the probe is based on the concept of the α-particle detectors on Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) using scintillator plates. The probe is capable of traveling across an equatorial plane port and sweeping the aperture angle rotationally with respect to the axis of the probe shaft by two step motors, in order to optimize the radial position and the collimator angle. The energy and the pitch angle of the lost fast ions can be simultaneously measured if the two-dimensional image of scintillation light intensity due to the impact of the lost fast ions is detected. Measurements of the fast-ion losses using the probe have been performed during HL-2A neutral beam injection discharges. The clear experimental evidence of enhanced losses of beam ions during disruptions has been obtained by means of the SLIP system. A detailed description of the probe system and the first experimental results are reported.