A. G. Razdobarin, Ya. R. Shubin, D. L. Bogachev, D. I. Elets, O. S. Medvedev, E. E. Mukhin, L. A. Snigirev
{"title":"Options for Implementation of IR Thermography Diagnostics in a Tokamak with Reactor Technologies TRT","authors":"A. G. Razdobarin, Ya. R. Shubin, D. L. Bogachev, D. I. Elets, O. S. Medvedev, E. E. Mukhin, L. A. Snigirev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X2460035X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X2460035X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Options for implementing the IR thermography diagnostic system in a TRT facility are considered. Two variants of the optical scheme for measuring the temperature of the first wall and divertor targets are proposed: a wide-angle system combined with two divertor channels and a four-channel viewing system. The optical resolution of both systems and the levels of the collected signal are numerically simulated. On the basis of the calculations performed, conclusions are drawn about the compliance of the systems with the requirements for measuring the temperature of TRT plasma-facing elements. The sources of the temperature measurement error are considered, and the error caused by the reflection of radiation from structural plasma-facing elements by the surface under study is estimated. Calibration issues for IR thermography diagnostics are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 4","pages":"530 - 539"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141256344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. S. Popov, M. G. Atlukhanov, A. V. Burdakov, A. A. Ivanov, V. V. Kurkuchekov, A. L. Sanin, D. I. Skovorodin, Yu. A. Trunev, I. V. Shikhovtsev
{"title":"Study of the Method of Photon Neutralization of Powerful Beams of Negative Ions at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics","authors":"S. S. Popov, M. G. Atlukhanov, A. V. Burdakov, A. A. Ivanov, V. V. Kurkuchekov, A. L. Sanin, D. I. Skovorodin, Yu. A. Trunev, I. V. Shikhovtsev","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600233","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600233","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A short review of the studies carried out at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (BINP SB RAS) on the photon neutralization of the beams of negative ions is presented. The principal distinctive feature of the presented approach consists in the nonresonant accumulation of photons in a limited space. Their confinement is based on the adiabatic motion of photons in a system of concave mirrors, which is insensitive to the quality of the injected radiation. An analysis is carried out of the possibility of using the neutralizer based on such a nonresonant photon trap in large-scale installations such as ITER and TRT, and a future experiment is described on the photon neutralization using a beam of negative hydrogen ions with energy up to 130 keV and a current of about 10 mA.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 4","pages":"514 - 523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S1063780X24600233.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141256079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. A. Zemtsov, V. S. Neverov, A. R. Nemets, V. A. Krupin, A. A. Pshenov, V. I. Davydenko, N. V. Stupishin
{"title":"The Concept of the MSE Diagnostic at the TRT Tokamak Facility","authors":"I. A. Zemtsov, V. S. Neverov, A. R. Nemets, V. A. Krupin, A. A. Pshenov, V. I. Davydenko, N. V. Stupishin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600130","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600130","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The possibility of carrying out measurements of plasma parameters in a tokamak with reactor technologies (TRT) by means of the technique based on the Stark effect by resolving the spectrum of the split lines of Balmer series emitted by fast hydrogen atoms injected into plasma is analyzed. The code containing the models of emission applicable for the high-temperature tokamak plasma, along with the library of functions for the ray-tracing simulation of geometric optics, was used. Simulation of spectra of active neutral beam emission and plasma emission, both as a result of charge exchange on beam atoms and passive one, taking into account reflections from the plasma facing vessel elements, allowed determining parameters of the diagnostic injector and relative position of the light-collection systems and heating injectors for which the useful and background spectra could be separated. The signal gathered by the detector is simulated. The shape of the visual angle along the line of sight, optical properties of the lens materials, the instrumental function of the spectral device, the sensor characteristics, and statistical noise of the signal are taken into consideration. Based on the obtained results, a preliminary concept of the motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic for the tokamak with reactor technologies is proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 4","pages":"470 - 492"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141256180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. V. Arzhannikov, S. L. Sinitsky, D. A. Samtsov, I. V. Timofeev, E. S. Sandalov, S. S. Popov, M. G. Atlukhanov, M. A. Makarov, P. V. Kalinin, K. N. Kuklin, A. F. Rovenskikh, V. D. Stepanov
{"title":"The Frequency Spectrum and Energy Content in a Pulse Flux of Terahertz Radiation Generated by a Relativistic Electron Beam in a Plasma Column with Different Density Distributions","authors":"A. V. Arzhannikov, S. L. Sinitsky, D. A. Samtsov, I. V. Timofeev, E. S. Sandalov, S. S. Popov, M. G. Atlukhanov, M. A. Makarov, P. V. Kalinin, K. N. Kuklin, A. F. Rovenskikh, V. D. Stepanov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600051","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper reports on the generation of a directed flux of electromagnetic radiation with an energy content of 10 J in the frequency range of 0.2–0.3 THz at a microsecond pulse duration in a beam–plasma system. The flux is generated when a relativistic electron beam (REB) pumps electron plasma waves in a magnetized plasma column. In the described experiments, this fundamentally new approach to generate terahertz radiation was carried out at the GOL-PET facility in the conditions of varying the beam current density and the plasma density in the appropriate ranges of 1–2 kA/cm<sup>2</sup> and 10<sup>14</sup>–10<sup>15</sup> cm<sup>–3</sup>. From the comparison of the flux energy spectrum measured experimentally in the frequency range 0.15–0.45 THz with the calculated one obtained using the previously proposed model of radiation generation in a beam–plasma system it was shown that this process occurs through resonant pumping by REB of precisely the branch of upper-hybrid plasma waves. Mastering this new method to generate terahertz radiation opens the prospect of its use to obtain multi-megawatt radiation fluxes in the frequency range up to 1 terahertz and higher. For such a development approach the most promising beam for pumping plasma oscillations seems to be a kiloampere REB generated in a linear induction accelerator.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"331 - 341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. V. Kasyanova, Yu. N. Dnestrovskij, A. V. Melnikov
{"title":"Simulation of an Ohmic Regime in the T-15MD Tokamak Based on the Canonical Profile Transport Model","authors":"N. V. Kasyanova, Yu. N. Dnestrovskij, A. V. Melnikov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600208","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600208","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The canonical profiles transport model (CPTM), whose coefficients were determined from the T‑10 tokamak database with a standard magnetic field <i>B</i><sub><i>T</i></sub> = 2.3–2.5 T, has shown its robustness in ohmic regimes with a reduced magnetic field <i>B</i><sub><i>T</i></sub> = 1.55–2.1 T. We used the CPTM for predictions of radial profiles and dependences of the electron and ion temperatures and the energy confinement time on the average plasma density for the T-15MD tokamak at the initial stage of its operation: the ohmic regime in a circular limiter configuration with <i>B</i><sub><i>T</i></sub> = 1.0 – 2.0 T and plasma current <i>I</i><sub><i>p</i></sub> < 1 MA.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"322 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. S. Zhiltsov, G. S. Kurskiev, V. A. Solovey, E. E. Tkachenko, S. Yu. Tolstyakov, I. M. Balachenkov, N. N. Bakharev, V. I. Varfolomeev, A. V. Voronin, V. K. Gusev, V. Yu. Goryainov, V. V. D’yachenko, N. V. Ermakov, A. A. Kavin, E. O. Kiselev, A. N. Konovalov, S. V. Krikunov, V. B. Minaev, A. B. Mineev, I. V. Miroshnikov, E. E. Mukhin, A. N. Novokhatsky, M. I. Patrov, Yu. V. Petrov, A. M. Ponomarenko, N. V. Sakharov, O. M. Skrekel’, V. V. Solokha, A. Yu. Telnova, V. A. Tokarev, E. A. Tukhmeneva, S. V. Filippov, N. A. Khromov, P. B. Shchegolev, K. D. Shulyatiev, A. Yu. Yashin
{"title":"Distinctive Features of Measuring Te and ne Spatial Distributions in the Globus-M2 Spherical Tokamak Using Method of Thomson Scattering of Laser Radiation","authors":"N. S. Zhiltsov, G. S. Kurskiev, V. A. Solovey, E. E. Tkachenko, S. Yu. Tolstyakov, I. M. Balachenkov, N. N. Bakharev, V. I. Varfolomeev, A. V. Voronin, V. K. Gusev, V. Yu. Goryainov, V. V. D’yachenko, N. V. Ermakov, A. A. Kavin, E. O. Kiselev, A. N. Konovalov, S. V. Krikunov, V. B. Minaev, A. B. Mineev, I. V. Miroshnikov, E. E. Mukhin, A. N. Novokhatsky, M. I. Patrov, Yu. V. Petrov, A. M. Ponomarenko, N. V. Sakharov, O. M. Skrekel’, V. V. Solokha, A. Yu. Telnova, V. A. Tokarev, E. A. Tukhmeneva, S. V. Filippov, N. A. Khromov, P. B. Shchegolev, K. D. Shulyatiev, A. Yu. Yashin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600099","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600099","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The results of measuring the electron temperature and density spatial distributions in plasma of the Globus-M2 tokamak using the Thomson scattering diagnostics are presented. The diagnostics provides measurements throughout the entire tokamak discharge, starting from time of gas breakdown. The Thomson scattering data were analyzed in order to determine the positions of the last closed flux surface, the plasma magnetic axis, and the radius of inversion during the saw-tooth oscillations. The results of measurements performed during the internal reconnection of magnetic field lines are presents, as well as the dynamics of spatial distributions of electron temperature, density and pressure during the plasma transition to the H-mode. The results of measuring the electron temperature distribution in the scrape-off layer using the Thomson scattering diagnostics are also presented for distances up to 4 cm outside the last closed flux surface.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"310 - 321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. N. Kolokoltsev, V. Ya. Nikulin, P. V. Silin, I. V. Borovitskaya, E. N. Peregudova, A. I. Gaidar, L. I. Kobeleva, A. M. Mezrin, A. A. Eriskin
{"title":"Deposition of Thin Refractory-Metal-Films onto Glasses through Diaphragms at Plasma Focus Facility","authors":"V. N. Kolokoltsev, V. Ya. Nikulin, P. V. Silin, I. V. Borovitskaya, E. N. Peregudova, A. I. Gaidar, L. I. Kobeleva, A. M. Mezrin, A. A. Eriskin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600178","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600178","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The results of experiments are presented on the deposition onto silicate glasses of thin refractory-metal-films: molybdenum, tantalum and tungsten. The technique used for manufacturing films was based on the deposition of metal-containing plasma formed when exposing the surface of foils made of refractory metals to high-power plasma and ion pulses. For generation of such pulses, the facility of plasma focus type was used, which makes it possible to obtain ion beams and plasma flows with the energy flux density in the range of 10<sup>10</sup>–10<sup>12</sup> W/cm<sup>2</sup>. The most intense central part of the ion-plasma flow was separated using metal di-aphragms with aperture diameters of 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 mm. Metal Mo, Ta and W films with dimensions of ∅3–5 mm were obtained on the surfaces of glasses. Metal films are characterized by good adhesion, since they coalesce with the glass surface. It was discovered that the planarity of films becomes violated due to the drift of molten metal particles under the glass surface. The relief of films is non-uniform, which can be explained by the presence of micrometer-sized metal particles in the plasma flow.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"342 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. N. Bogachev, I. L. Bogdankevich, S. E. Andreev, N. G. Gusein-zade, M. S. Usachonak
{"title":"Effect of the Method of Excitation of the Plasma Antenna on the Spectral Characteristics of the Radiated Signal","authors":"N. N. Bogachev, I. L. Bogdankevich, S. E. Andreev, N. G. Gusein-zade, M. S. Usachonak","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600166","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600166","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The radiation of signal by the plasma asymmetrical dipole antenna is studied for two methods of its excitation. Earlier, it was shown that the 2nd and 3rd harmonics of the input signal frequency in the radiation spectrum of the plasma antenna are 10–20 dB stronger than those of a metal antenna with the same geometry. In this work, we study experimentally and by computer simulations the effect of the method of excitation of the plasma asymmetrical dipole antenna on the spectral characteristics of the signal that it radiates. For the two excitation methods of the antenna, through an electrode and through a coaxial coupler, it was shown that the strength of the signal components at the frequency of the radiated signal and its multiple harmonics is different. The introduction of the coaxial coupler in the antenna excitation scheme allowed us to improve the coupling at the input signal frequency and decrease its components at the 2nd and 3rd harmonics. For the plasma antenna with the coaxial coupler, the difference between the 1st and 2nd harmonics was increased by almost 6 dB, and between the 1st and the 3rd ones by almost 20 dB compared to the antenna excitation scheme through the electrode.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"373 - 379"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical Simulation of the Main Stage of a Lightning","authors":"A. N. Bocharov, E. A. Mareev, N. A. Popov","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600117","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600117","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present a numerical model of the main stage of a lightning discharge. Within the framework of the developed model, evolution of parameters of the current channel upon the return stroke (the lightning main stage) is described by the system of equations governing conservation of mass, momentum, total energy, along with the transmission-line equations for determining the electric potential and the total current in each channel cross section. The main characteristics of lightning at the stage of the return stroke detectable experimentally, such as gas heating in the channel to temperatures in the range of 10–40 kK, the fundamental possibility of propagation of the potential-gradient wave at a speed varying from several hundredth to several tenths of the speed of light, and the possibility of the return-stroke wave propagating a relatively long distance without substantial attenuation, are demonstrated numerically. The conclusion that the developed physical and numerical model of the lightning discharge describes physical processes that occur under real conditions qualitatively correctly can be drawn based on the results on simulation of lightning discharges of various intensity.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"380 - 387"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. N. Kornev, A. A. Logunov, O. S. Surkont, T. R. Abushaev, A. L. Volynets, S. A. Dvinin
{"title":"A Microwave Discharge in High-Velocity Flows Initiated by a Half-Wave Antenna","authors":"K. N. Kornev, A. A. Logunov, O. S. Surkont, T. R. Abushaev, A. L. Volynets, S. A. Dvinin","doi":"10.1134/S1063780X24600129","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063780X24600129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A microwave discharge in high-velocity (150–250 m/s) air flows induced on a half-wave vibrator is studied. A cw magnetron microwave generator with a frequency of 2.45 GHz and an output power of up to 5 kW was used for initiation of the microwave discharge. The high-speed video imaging was used for studying the discharge structure, determining the diameter and length of the plasma channel as a function of flow velocity and pressure. Electron concentration and temperature, along with characteristic gas temperature, were determined based on the optical spectra. The possibility of using this microwave discharge for ignition of hydrocarbon–air mixtures in combustion chambers of ramjet engines is proved experimentally.</p>","PeriodicalId":735,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Physics Reports","volume":"50 3","pages":"388 - 396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141060967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}