Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions

In this paper we derive the equations of collective Thomson scattering (CTS) for an arbitrarily drifting magnetized plasma described by a bi-Maxwellian distribution. The model allows the treatment of anisotropic plasma with different parallel and perpendicular temperatures (with respect to the magne...

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Main Authors: I. Abramovic, M. Salewski, D. Moseev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2019-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5088949
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description In this paper we derive the equations of collective Thomson scattering (CTS) for an arbitrarily drifting magnetized plasma described by a bi-Maxwellian distribution. The model allows the treatment of anisotropic plasma with different parallel and perpendicular temperatures (with respect to the magnetic field) as well as parallel and perpendicular plasma drift. As could be expected, parallel observation directions are most sensitive to the parallel temperature and drift, whereas perpendicular observation directions are most sensitive to the perpendicular temperature and the perpendicular drift along the observation direction. The perpendicular drift can be related to the radial electric field. Measurements with a spectral resolution better than 0.5 MHz are necessary for the inference of the radial electric field. This spectral resolution and the required scattering geometry are attainable with the current setup of the CTS diagnostic on Wendelstein 7-X.
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spelling doaj.art-aae00bc18c594b03b8cfb1eca36174792022-12-21T22:08:39ZengAIP Publishing LLCAIP Advances2158-32262019-03-0193035252035252-910.1063/1.5088949085903ADVCollective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributionsI. Abramovic0M. Salewski1D. Moseev2Eindhoven University of Technology, De Zaale, 5612 AJ Eindhoven, The NetherlandsTechnical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkMax-Planck Institut fur Plasma Physik, Wendelsteinstraße 1, D-17491 Greifswald, GermanyIn this paper we derive the equations of collective Thomson scattering (CTS) for an arbitrarily drifting magnetized plasma described by a bi-Maxwellian distribution. The model allows the treatment of anisotropic plasma with different parallel and perpendicular temperatures (with respect to the magnetic field) as well as parallel and perpendicular plasma drift. As could be expected, parallel observation directions are most sensitive to the parallel temperature and drift, whereas perpendicular observation directions are most sensitive to the perpendicular temperature and the perpendicular drift along the observation direction. The perpendicular drift can be related to the radial electric field. Measurements with a spectral resolution better than 0.5 MHz are necessary for the inference of the radial electric field. This spectral resolution and the required scattering geometry are attainable with the current setup of the CTS diagnostic on Wendelstein 7-X.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5088949
spellingShingle I. Abramovic
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D. Moseev
Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions
AIP Advances
title Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions
title_full Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions
title_fullStr Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions
title_full_unstemmed Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions
title_short Collective Thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi-Maxwellian velocity distributions
title_sort collective thomson scattering model for arbitrarily drifting bi maxwellian velocity distributions
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5088949
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