Heavy ion beam probe wavenumber measurements from the TEXT Tokamak edge

Abstract

Spatial correlations and average wavenumbers of fluctuations have been measured in the edge region (0.8 < r/a < 1) of the TEXT tokamak using a heavy ion beam probe. The poloidal correlation length is substantially longer inside the limiter than it is outside. From this result it is concluded that the average wavenumber is smaller inside the limiter than it is outside. The frequency dependence of the average wavenumber also varies with radius, and a shear layer is sometimes observed. The frequency averaged wavenumbers are of the order of 1 cm-1. The statistical phase velocities vary from 2.5 × 105 to 6 × 105 cm/s in this region. The sensitivity to higher wavenumbers was increased by reducing the sample volume size in one experiment, and it was found that the fluctuation level changed by a factor of two while the wavenumber at a given frequency changed by 20%. The measurements are compared with previous results from far infrared scattering and Langmuir probes. The statistical phase velocities obtained with a heavy ion beam probe disagree with those from the other diagnostics in some but not all cases. The observed low frequency statistical phase velocities are comparable to the diamagnetic drift velocity in the laboratory frame in some but not all cases