Abstract
A new high-resolution tangential imaging X-ray crystal spectrometer (TXCS) is described for implementation on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) to provide spatially and temporally resolved data on the toroidal plasma rotation velocity and on the ion and the electron temperature. These data are derived from observations of the satellite spectra of heliumlike argon (Ar XVII). The TXCS will provide data for all experimental conditions, which include ohmically heated discharges as well as plasmas with radio-frequency (RF) waves and neutral-beam heating. The latest experimental results show that lower hybrid waves (LHW) induce a co-current change in a toroidal rotation of up to 45 km/s in the L-mode plasma core region. A modification of the toroidal rotation develops on the extended plasma region and a long time scale (≥1 s). The experimental setup and the initial experimental results are presented.
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