Investigation of the NBI heated plasma on the Globus-M tokamak with the use of Thomson scattering diagnostics

Abstract

Electron temperature and density spatial distribution dynamics on the Globus-M (R =0.36 m, a=0.24 m, B =0.4 T, I= 0.2 MA) spherical tokamak was investigated during the NBI heating. The key tool of this research was the upgraded Thomson scattering diagnostics with variable intervals between probing pulses (20 pulses in total). The scattering points were placed along the major plasma radius from the inner to the outer plasma border (10 points in total). Simulation of the electron transport in the L and H-mode, based on experimentally measured ne(R) Te(R) profiles was carried out using the code ASTRA for the OH and NBI dischargers.