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Utilizing parametric instabilities to diagnose edge density fluctuations in TCV

Clod, A.
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Ragona, R.
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Senstius, M. G.
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December 1, 2024
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Two-plasmon decay instabilities (TPDIs) are a class of parametric instabilities where a gyrotron beam, polarized in X-mode, decays nonlinearly into two upper hybrid waves at approximately half frequency. Here, we present the design of a simple radiometer that was installed at Tokamak á configuration variable to diagnose TPDIs as well as a novel technique that was used to calibrate the radiometer using thermal electron cyclotron emissions. We show examples of measured radiation from TPDIs that occur when the gyrotron beam intersects blob filaments in the scrape-off layer and demonstrate that the frequency separation of the TPDI daughter waves can be used to assess the densities of the blob filaments. This technique could be utilized to diagnose density fluctuations due to both blobs, ELMs, and rotating magnetic islands.

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research article
DOI
10.1088/1361-6587/ad85f8
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85207661821

Author(s)
Clod, A.

Technical University of Denmark

Ragona, R.

Technical University of Denmark

Senstius, M. G.

University of Oxford

Jensen, T.

Technical University of Denmark

Kumar, U.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Coda, S.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Nielsen, S. K.

Technical University of Denmark

Corporate authors
the TCV Team
Date Issued

2024-12-01

Published in
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume

66

Issue

12

Article Number

125001

Subjects

blob diagnostic

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electron Bernstein wave

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electron cyclotron resonance heating

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parametric decay instability

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three-wave interaction

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two-plasmon decay

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upper hybrid wave

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
SPC-TCV  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

European Commission or SERI

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

Carlsberg Foundation

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January 25, 2025
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