TOMOGRAPHIC WIRE-GRID IMAGING OF MAGNETIC-SURFACES

被引:4
作者
BLACKWELL, BD
HOWARD, J
TUMLOS, RB
机构
[1] Plasma Research Laboratory, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra
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D O I
10.1063/1.1143620
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We describe a new, fast, and accurate method for obtaining magnetic surface puncture plots by the use of a rotating grid of fine wires. Electrons launched from a small gun follow the magnetic field lines, and a fraction are intercepted by the wire grid. The current signals, chordal integrals of electron beam intensity, are inverted by an iterative pseudotomographic method to obtain an image of the electron beam density in the plane of the grid, that is, a puncture plot of the magnetic surface. The method is capable of high resolution while maintaining a high transparency to electrons, and is demonstrated on a small toroidal stellarator, the SHEILA heliac.
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页码:4725 / 4727
页数:3
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