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Miniproposal:267
Date Filed: 4/4/2000
Title:Dependence of SOL Fluctuations and Particle Transport on Collisionality
First Author:Brian Labombard
Session Leader:Brian Labombard (shots 1-22)

Operators
Session leader(s):Brian Labombard
Physics operator(s):Earl Marmar
Engineering operator(s):Bill Parkin,Gary Dekow

Engineering Operator Run Comment
2nd day of MP 267 - rev. field PO Marmar, SL LaBombard, EO Dekow/Parkin

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:25:400PM
Author: To Be Determined
11/09/00 run: MP#267 - reversed field

"Dependence of SOL Fluctuations and Particle Transport on Collisionality"
- reversed field, Day 2

Session Leader - B. LaBombard
Phys Op - E. Marmar

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Overall objectives of MP#267:

"The purpose of these experiments is to explore the dependence of
SOL fluctuation characteristics and attendant cross-field particle
transport on the collisionality of the SOL."

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Reason for today's run:

Reversed field/current allows some important measurements
to be made on particle transport in the SOL and the associated
levels of plasma turbulence. From a series of shots over ~2
run days we hope to do the following:

(1) get data on SOL particle transport (using Ly-alpha diag.) in
reversed field. Does the field direction affect the 'scaling' of
Deff with collisionality?

(2) get data on in-out asymmetries. The outer divertor conditions should
change in reversed B. This may impact (1) through changes in the
sheath conditions at the divertor plate (e.g., affecting the propagation
velocity of the 'blobs' if they somehow involve the 'sheath impedance'
via a theory such as that outlined recently by S. Krasheninnikov)

(3) get data on field-reversed C2D4 plumes. ExB should now carry the
plume away from the probe shaft, resulting in plumes that may
be easier to interpret. The 'reversed flows' associated with
low collisionality near the separatrix should now become 'normal
flows' with reversed B. This should be interesting for the plumes.
The magnitude of Er in reversed B is of interest also.

(4) get fluctuation data from scanning probe and fast diodes systems.
Is the SOL plasma fluctuation character the same in reversed B?

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Run Plan:
Today's run was to cover the Day 2 plan outlined in MP#267:

Day 2: Coarse density scans at different reversed plasma currents and reversed
toroidal fields

Start with reload of shot#1001103022 which was a recent 0.8 MA, 5.3 tesla,
NL04 = 0.75 discharge (reversed Ip and Bt) with good probe targeting, gaps etc.
Then change plasma current to 0.53 MA and NL04 = 0.5x10^20 m^-2.

Take two shots at each condition to optimize scanning
probe insertion depths.

Shot#4,5 - NL04 = 0.5, Ip = 0.53, Bt = 5.3
6,7 - NL04 = 0.7, Ip = 0.53, Bt = 5.3
8,9 - NL04 = 0.9, Ip = 0.53, Bt = 5.3

10,11 - NL04 = 1.0, Ip = 1.06, Bt = 5.3
12,13 - NL04 = 1.3, Ip = 1.06, Bt = 5.3
14,15 - NL04 = 0.7, Ip = 1.06, Bt = 5.3

16,17 - NL04 = 0.6, Ip = 0.8, Bt = 4
18,19 - NL04 = 0.9, Ip = 0.8, Bt = 4
20,21 - NL04 = 1.2, Ip = 0.8, Bt = 4

22,23 - NL04 = 1.2, Ip = 0.8, Bt = 6
24,25 - NL04 = 0.9, Ip = 0.8, Bt = 6
26,27 - NL04 = 0.6, Ip = 0.8, Bt = 6

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Results:
Thanks to the extra efforts of Tom and Felix, the computer systems
were well enough today to have a functional run, despite the disk hardware
failure the day before.

We got 11 usable reversed field plasmas today. We were able
to make use of 8 of these shots which had good separatrix positioning
with scanning probes operating near the separatrix. We managed to complete
1/2 of the run plan which primarily consisted of two rough density scans
at two different plasma currents (0.5 and 1.0 MA). We did not have time
to attempt the B-field scan portion of this MP. Since this part of
the MP is critical for sorting out the difference between Ip and q
scaling, we will be begging for more run time next week.

The turbulence imaging camera was back on line today, recording
the usual 'blobs' with 0.5 usec exposure (this time in HeI light) in the
far SOL. We should be able to get a good comparison of 'blob statistics' between
the 0.5 and 1.0 MA data on this run.

Sanjay got more plumes for his stamp collection today. Again,
the ExB flow indicated on some of the plumes were clearly opposite to
what we had expected. These results show that we don't really understand
the potential profiles in the SOL as well as we thought and may
provide some insight into the physics that determines the radial
electric fields in the SOL. There is also the possibility that the
probe itself is influencing the ExB flows in a way that is
confusing our interpretation. Clearly there will be a lot of
analysis to be performed on these plumes once we finish
collecting the reversed field data.

Shots 11 and 13 today had a very interesting 'fueling event'
associated with the 'marfe' moving into the upper chamber
at around 1.2 seconds. These were 0.5 MA plasmas in which we
were trying to maintain NL04 ~ 0.7. Helium was being puffed
on these shots also. At around 1.2 seconds the core plasma density
shot up to NL04 ~ 1.2 very fast. At the same time the midplane and
upper chamber pressures started to rise. The divertor pressure
also started to fall. Later in the event the upper chamber
and lower divertor pressures become about equal. Chris's A-port
survey camera shows that prior to this event, there appears to be
a lot of neutrals (very bright D-alpha light) under and around the
inner divertor nose region. Just after the event, the bright
D-alpha light almost completely disappears, suggesting that
these neutrals got dumped into the core plasma very quickly and
caused the density rise. The change in hydrogen inventory in the
chamber supports this view: the core density rise can not be
explained by a drop in neutral pressure in the top, midplane,
and divertor locations. Apparently a lot of neutrals can
be stuffed into the inner divertor region - a location
where there is no pressure gauge! Rejean also sees that
before the 'event' the Ly-alpha is optically thick on the
midplane, while after the 'fueling event' the Ly-alpha
signal appears to not be optically thick. This observation is
consistent with a dramatically decreased neutral density
at the inner midplane following the event.

The East probe (or its coaxial cable) on the ASP
still continues to give us trouble. The probe exhibited
intermittent short-circuit behavior again today.

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Shot Notes:

Setup for all shots:
ASP and FSP scanning times set at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
ASP E-W in swept single probe mode, N-S in floating mode

Setup before shot#19
FSP E-W in swept DOUBLE probe mode, N-S in floating mode

Setup for shot#19+
FSP E-W in swept SINGLE probe mode, N-S in floating mode

Shot 7 - First full length shot., NL04 ~ 0.5
ASP and FSP scanning outside LCFS, no plumes

Shot 8 - NL04 ~ 0.5, Ip = 0.5 MA
Plumes, but camera not triggered

Shot 9 - NL04 ~ 0.5, Ip = 0.5 MA
FSP not scanning! (no trigger)

Shot 11 - NL04 ~ 0.7 jumps to 1.2 (poloidal detachment?) at 1.18 sec , Ip = 0.5 MA
C2D4 plumes

Shot 13 - NL04 ~ 0.7, again jumps to 1.2 (poloidal detachment?) at 1.22 sec , Ip = 0.5 MA
Better outer gap
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes

Shot 14 - NL04 ~ 0.5 to .58, Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes

Shot 15 - NL04 ~ 0.4, Ip = 0.5 MA
He puff off
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes, deep insertion.

Shot 16 - 1.0 MA attempt. Disrupts at first probe scan. ASP and FSP too deep!

Shot 18 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 0.7
Looks like there is a problem with the FSP - perhaps east probe is shorted.
C2D4 plumes

Shot 19 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 0.7 ramping (from He puff) to 1.0
He puff on
FSP working again with E & W in single sweep mode.
C2D4 plumes

Shot 20 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 1
FSP working again with E & W in single sweep mode.
C2D4 plumes

Shot 22 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 1.2 to 1.3
FSP working again with E & W in single sweep mode.
Good data.
C2D4 plumes

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:12:647PM
Author: To Be Determined
Physop run summary
1001109

Second day of MP#267 - reversed field
"Dependence of SOL Fluctuations and Particle Transport on Collisionality"


_______________________________________________________________________________

Engineering setup and run plan for Thursday 09 Nov 2000.


PO - Marmar
SL - LaBombard
EO - Dekow/Parkin

ECDC in D2 overnight, ending 2 hours before the run.

Run starts at 09:00 and ends at 17:00, assuming the computers are fixed.

Power systems as on 1001103022.

Gas setup

fill B-top with 6 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
fill B-side lower with 1 psi of Ar Hybrid DISABLED
fill B-side upper with 35 psi of D2 Hybrid DISABLED, for ECDC
fill C-side with 30 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
leave J-bot as is Hybrid DISABLED


The following gate valves should be enabled: ECE, VUV, Beast

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ECDC in D2 had been run for most of the day yesterday, and overnight, stopping
at 7:00 am.

There were no computer or power supply problems today. Thanks are due to the
computer gurus who burned the midnight oil (and beyond) last night to fix
things after the computer melt-down(s) of the previous 2 days.

The machine ran quite well today. Startups were often bouncing, or breaking
down late, but after some early wirehead tweaking following 3 fizzles, we
managed 14 plasmas out of 17 additional tries.

The change that probably helped the most was moving the EFC turn-on time
earlier by 10 msec, starting with shot 6. Physops can incorporate this into
their startup by:

1) having the engineering operator set the EFC start time to -0.04 seconds;
2) Turning the EFC voltage on starting at +.010 seconds (as in 1001109006,
segment 1, all V's).

This appeared to solve the early vertical lurches which killed the first 3
fizzles. Minor changes to BR_0 may also have helped. Shot 21 (the second last
of the day) was a mystery dud; the fields and gas all looked ok to me.


Scorecard:

14 plasmas
5 fizzles
1 dud
2 tests
_________
22 cycles

Session Leader Comments
Nov 9 2000 11:05:00:623AM1001109007Brian LabombardShot 7 - First full length shot., NL04 ~ 0.5
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
ASP setup: N,S - Vf, E,W - single probe sweep mode
FSP setup: N,S - Vf, E,W - double probe sweep mode
ASP and FSP scanning outside LCFS

Next shot - repeat with FSP and ASP to separatrix.
Nov 9 2000 11:21:43:763AM1001109008Brian LabombardShot 8 - NL04 ~ 0.5, Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
ASP and FSP scanning to LCFS
C2D4 on but camera trigger was not!

Next shot - repeat with camera on and ASP pulled back 2 mm.
Nov 9 2000 11:46:16:497AM1001109009Brian LabombardShot 9 - NL04 ~ 0.5, Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
Somehow FSP got disabled on the previous shot.
C2D4 on but FSP was not scanning!

Next shot - Go to NL04 ~ 0.7 with FSP and 'plumes' on
Nov 9 2000 12:47:28:543PM1001109011Brian LabombardShot 11 - NL04 ~ 0.7 jumps to 1.2 (poloidal detachment?) at 1.18 sec , Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes

Next shot -Repeat with deeper ASP and more constant outer gap
Nov 9 2000 01:28:55:513PM1001109013Brian LabombardShot 13 - NL04 ~ 0.7, again jumps to 1.2 (poloidal detachment?) at 1.22 sec , Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes

Next shot - go to NL04 ~ 0.4
Nov 9 2000 01:57:36:530PM1001109014Brian LabombardShot 14 - NL04 ~ 0.5 to .58, Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes

Next shot - try again for NL04 ~ 0.4, this time with He puff off.
Nov 9 2000 02:27:07:090PM1001109015Brian LabombardShot 15 - NL04 ~ 0.4, Ip = 0.5 MA
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, and 1.2 s
C2D4 plumes, deep insertion.

Next shot - go to Ip = 1.0 MA, NL04 = 0.7
Nov 9 2000 02:48:34:763PM1001109016Brian LabombardShot 16 - Disrupts at first probe scan. ASP and FSP too deep!

Next shot - try again, 1.0 MA, NL04 = 0.7 with probes pulled back
Nov 9 2000 03:40:42:780PM1001109018Brian LabombardShot 18 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 0.7
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2 seconds
Looks like there is a problem with the FSP - perhaps east probe is shorted.
C2D4 plumes
Next shot: change to single sweep probe on E and W

Next shot - Repeat with ASP deeper and He puff on.
Nov 9 2000 04:05:52:733PM1001109019Brian LabombardShot 19 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 0.7 ramping (from He puff) to 1.0
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2 seconds
FSP working again with E & W in single sweep mode.
C2D4 plumes

Next shot - Go to NL04 ~ 1.0
Nov 9 2000 04:36:21:233PM1001109020Brian LabombardShot 20 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 1
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2 seconds
FSP working again with E & W in single sweep mode.
C2D4 plumes

Next shot - Go to NL04 ~ 1.3
Nov 9 2000 05:06:28:543PM1001109022Brian LabombardShot 22 - 1.0 MA, NL04 ~ 1.2 to 1.3
ASP and FSP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2 seconds
FSP working again with E & W in single sweep mode.
Good data.
C2D4 plumes

End of run

Physics Operator Comments
Nov 9 2000 08:30:34:327AMEarl MarmarEngineering setup and run plan for Thursday 09 Nov 2000.

Second day of MP#267 - reversed field
"Dependence of SOL Fluctuations and Particle Transport on Collisionality"

PO - Marmar
SL - LaBombard

ECDC in D2 overnight, ending 2 hours before the run.

Run starts at 09:00 and ends at 17:00, assuming the computers are fixed.

Power systems as on 1001103022.

Gas setup

fill B-top with 6 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
fill B-side lower with 1 psi of Ar Hybrid DISABLED
fill B-side upper with 35 psi of D2 Hybrid DISABLED, for ECDC
fill C-side with 30 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
leave J-bot as is Hybrid DISABLED


The following gate valves should be enabled: ECE, VUV, Beast
Nov 9 2000 09:02:37:797AMEarl MarmarColdstart

All matrices respond

no errors
Nov 9 2000 09:02:55:843AM1001109001Earl Marmarno power test to check computers
Nov 9 2000 09:04:11:200AM1001109002Earl Marmarno power test to check computers
Nov 9 2000 09:30:25:107AM1001109003Earl Marmarload
segment 1 from 1001106021
segment 2 from 1001102020

reduce flattop current to 0.5 MA

reduce prefill puff to 20 msec (from 22)

fizzle
Nov 9 2000 09:53:11:093AM1001109004Earl Marmarreduce B_R offset to .002 from .0025

fizzle
Nov 9 2000 10:17:03:077AM1001109005Earl Marmarincrease prepuff by 2 msec, to 22 msec

fizzle

seem to be losing it vertically
Nov 9 2000 10:36:55:217AM1001109006Earl Marmarmove chopper voltage turn-on time earlier by 10 msec

move EFC start earlier by 10 msec

reduce B_R offset by 0.5 mT

plasma

disrupt at 0.53 s

need to move I_p gain jump later
Nov 9 2000 11:21:57:437AM1001109007Earl Marmarmove I_p gain change later

plasma

disrupt during RF
Nov 9 2000 11:22:19:750AM1001109008Earl MarmarRamp current down sooner and a little farther

plasma
Nov 9 2000 11:45:53:530AM1001109009Earl MarmarAdd 1 msec to prepuff

plasma

getting an early bounce, and some hards
Nov 9 2000 04:08:25:250PM1001109010Earl Marmarincrease nl_04 target to .7e20

seg 1 EF4 current reduced by 5 Amp before t=0

plasma

disrupt at 0.558
Nov 9 2000 12:37:57:170PM1001109011Earl Marmarmove plasma down by 1 cm

shrink inner and outer gaps by 3 mm

plasma

strange density rise after 1.2 s
Nov 9 2000 01:05:01:403PM1001109012Earl Marmarmove plasma up .5 cm

tweak RCUR between 0.8 and 1.2 seconds to keep outer gap more constant

fizzle; late breakdown
Nov 9 2000 01:27:25:497PM1001109013Earl Marmarreduce prepuff by 1 msec

plasma
Nov 9 2000 02:03:48:310PM1001109014Earl Marmarnl_04 to 0.4e20

plasma

density was higher than desired, and may have been affected by the He puff

bouncing hard on the outer wall during startup

no hard x-rays on the BGO detector
Nov 9 2000 02:23:13:577PM1001109015Earl Marmarturn off A-B limiter He puff

tweak ZXU to try to keep it more constant

plasma
Nov 9 2000 02:39:16:967PM1001109016Earl MarmarI_p to 1 MA

EF4 target to -3kA during flattop

nl_04 to 0.7e20

plasma

disrupt at first probe injection
Nov 9 2000 03:03:52:200PM1001109017Earl MarmarDecrease RCUR by 1 mm

fizzle late breakdown
Nov 9 2000 03:34:28:497PM1001109018Earl MarmarBR_0 increase by 0.5 mT to .002 T

plasma

late breakdown, but it went anyway
Nov 9 2000 03:57:41:280PM1001109019Earl Marmardecrease RCUR slightly during flattop

plasma
Nov 9 2000 04:31:51:403PM1001109020Earl Marmarnl_04 target to 1.0e20

plasma
Nov 9 2000 04:50:49:670PM1001109021Earl Marmarnl_04 to 1.3e20

dud

no obvious problems with fields or gas
Nov 9 2000 05:02:57:997PM1001109022Earl Marmarno PCS changes

Plasma

disrupt at 1.37 s, during RF

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:20:14:513AMTestBadNo Big Board Update
209:02:24:577AMTestOkNO POWER TEST
309:22:30:560AMPlasmaOk
409:47:01:233AMPlasmaOk
510:00:27:450AMPlasmaOk
610:22:32:373AMPlasmaOk
710:46:14:437AMPlasmaOk
811:09:33:607AMPlasmaOk
911:33:54:763AMPlasmaOk
1012:00:16:467PMPlasmaOk
1112:23:35:857PMPlasmaOk
1212:49:29:200PMPlasmaOk
1301:12:22:513PMPlasmaOk
1401:40:48:907PMPlasmaOk
1502:05:52:327PMPlasmaOk
1602:32:30:247PMPlasmaOk
1702:58:54:937PMPlasmaOk
1803:22:14:263PMPlasmaOk
1903:50:07:390PMPlasmaOk
2004:16:26:793PMPlasmaOk
2104:41:28:703PMPlasmaOk
2204:58:29:717PMPlasmaOk