Alcator C-Mod Run 1080220 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:520
Date Filed: 1/9/2008
Title:Sawtooth Evoluiton Studies
First Author:Alex Ince-Cushman
Session Leader:Alex Ince-Cushman (shots 1-16)
Miniproposal:530
Date Filed: 2/18/2008
Title:Disruption runaway generation with LH
First Author:Robert Granetz
Session Leader:Robert Granetz (shots 17-32)

Operators
Session leader(s):Alex Ince-Cushman,Robert Granetz
Physics operator(s):Bill Rowan
Engineering operator(s):Andy Pfeiffer,Bill Cochran,Ed Fitzgerald

Engineering Operator Run Comment
am: MP520, Rotation and Ti during sawteeth pm: MP_runaway, Disruption r

Session Leader Plans
Entered: Feb 19 2008 02:23:34:930PM
Author: Alex Ince-Cushman
MP 520: Sawtooth Evolution Studies

Session Leader: Alex Ince-Cushman (afternoon)
PhysOp: Bill Rowan

The goal of this experiment is to measure the evolution of the toroidal rotation and ion temperature profiles within a single sawtooth oscillation.

Diagnostics: Hirex, Thomson, Edge Thomson, GPC, Bolometer arrays, McPherson, Chromex, FRC

Step 1: (1-2 shots) Locked mode shots for velocity calibration. Based on Shot 10802015001. Argon puff 200ms @ 0.3s

TURN CRYOPUMP ON

Step 2: (6-8): Establish USN, 1 MA, pumped L-mode with 2 MW ICRF at nl04=1.0e20. Then Ramp up RF and puff. Load 1080130025.

Argon pressure @ 1.5 psi, 500ms puff @ 0.3s, 2MW RF

Argon pressure @ 2.3 psi, 1.0s puff @ 0.3s, 3.5 MW RF

Argon pressure @ 2.8 psi, 1.0s puff @ 0.3s, 4.5 MW RF

Step 3: (3-4): Adjust RF Phasing to optimize sawtooth period.

Step 4: If time permits attempt discharges at Ip = 0.8 MA and 1.2 MA

Entered: Feb 19 2008 05:13:55:330PM
Author: Robert Granetz
MP #530? -- Disruption runaway studies, Part I

Session leader: R. Granetz
Physics operator: W. Rowan

ECDC overnight and bake at 60 C.

NOTE: WE WILL NEED A FEW MINUTES IN THE CELL TO SWITCH OVER TO THIS
HALF-DAY DISRUPTION RUN.

Power systems as on 1080214003 (0.75 MA, 5.4 T, LSN, nl_04=0.3e20 m-2,
LH target)

A-coil configuration: normal [+Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot] and enabled.

Gas Setup:
fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar + 2 psi Ne Hybrid DISABLED (PG1)
leave B-side upper as is Hybrid disabled
fill B-main (C-side) with 40 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
No NINJA for this run.

Enable the following, assuming no vacuum problems:
Z-bolo shutters, VUV

Necessary diagnostics:
LH hard x-ray array
WIDE1 and WIDE2 video cameras
SX arrays with fast sampling
Plasma current Rogowski

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ICRF setup: no ICRF today

LHCD setup: 85 kW/klystron; t=0.80-1.05 s (might be able to delay turn-on
until t=0.90 s after the first couple of shots). 90 deg phasing.

LPI setup: normal pellet size; will fire at t=1.000 s.

Disruption gas jet: 15%/85% Ar/He at 50 bar; will fire at t=1.000 s.
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Run plan:
There are five different types of disruptions that we can easily and
reproducibly trigger. Based on the observations in FT-U, the creation of
runaways has much higher probability when using an LH seed, but it's still
less than 50%. Therefore each type of disruption should be tried several
times, as time allows. All disruptions will be triggered at t=1.0 s, with
LH remaining on until the disruption, if possible. In addition, we might
want to try starting a current ramp just before the disruption, as this
should result in a step increase in the loop voltage. We may also try
turning off the LH a few ms before the disruption to see if we can
take advantage of the hard x-ray increase seen on the specified starting
shot.

1) Trigger a locked mode disruption using appropriate pre-programmed A-coil
waveform (zero amps starting at t=0.95 s). Check for signs of runaways
using the previously specified diagnostics. Repeat up to 2 more times if
time allows.

2) Trigger a VDE disruption by kicking the plasma downward and then turning
off the ZCUR feedback at t=1.000 s. (See ZCUR programming for shot
1060414012, for example, except do it at t=1.000 s) Check for signs of
runaways. Repeat up to 2 more times if time allows.

3) Trigger a density limit/marfe disruption. Note that this might be
problematic if the rising density reduces the LH accessibility. Check
for signs of runaways. Repeat up to 2 more times if time allows, if the
LH accessibility is not found to be an issue.

4) Trigger a disruption with lithium pellet injection at t=1.000 s. Check
for signs of runaways. Repeat up to 2 more times if time allows.

5) Trigger a disruption by firing the gas jet at t=1.000 s using an optimal
gas mixture. Check for signs of runaways. Repeat up to 2 more times if
time allows.

This totals up to 15 discharges, but since they will all be disruptions,
there will probably be some fizzles.

Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Feb 19 2008 04:18:33:660PM
Author: Bill Rowan
Physop Plan for 2008 Feb 20, Run 1080220

am: MP520, Rotation and Ti during sawteeth
and
pm: MP_runaway, Disruption runaway generation with LH

SL: am: Ince-Cushman; pm: Granetz
Physop: Rowan


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Engineering Setup
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Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00

Power systems as on: 1080215001

Acoil: +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot (standard) Hybrid Enabled

Gas setup:

Fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid DISABLED (PG1)
leave B-side upper as is Hybrid DISABLED (PG2)
fill B-main (C-side) with 40 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill NINJA with 10 psi D2 DISABLED

Enable gatevalves and shutters: ECE, VUV, DNB, Z-bolo

Torvac gatevalve toggle (yes/no): no

Boronization(yes/no): no
Overnight ECDC (yes/no): yes
ICRF(yes/no): yes
LH(yes/no): yes
DNB(yes/no): no
Cryopump (yes/no): yes

Vessel temperature: 35/35/35

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ECDC Parameters (if requested)
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gas and pressure: D2 at 2e-4 Torr
sweep: 44/45/103 cm
scan: 20/120 s

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Feb 20 2008 02:08:40:767PM
Author: Alex Ince-Cushman
MP 520: Sawtooth Evolution Studies

The locked mode portion of the experiment was successful. Shot 1 was a steady locked mode discharges with sufficient argon levels to provide a good wavelength calibration for Hirex-Sr.

The intra-sawtooth profile measurement portion of the run was partially successful. Despite good performance of the RF system we were unable to increase the sawtooth period significantly beyond ~20ms. We did, however, obtain useful data at the maximum Hirex-sr frame rate (200Hz) on 13 of the 16 attempted discharges:

1 locked mode: 1
2 Fizzles/duds: 2, 13
7 Full length sawtoothing shots: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
6 Early disruptions: 5, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16

In an attempt to increase the sawtooth period we increased the current to 1.2MA (from 1.0MA). Although this did not significantly increase the sawtooth period it did increase the sawtooth inversion radius. Preliminary analysis of the Hirex-sr data indicates that this increase inversion radius was observed in both the ion & electron temperature profiles as one might expect.

The â??tooth-to-toothâ?? repeatability was quite good during the flattop portions of many of the discharges and so it should be possible to â??addâ?? sawtooth oscillations together to improve the quality of the data.

Entered: Feb 20 2008 08:48:35:383PM
Author: Robert Granetz
Run summary for Wednesday 20 Feb 2008

pm: MP530 Disruption runaways studies

Session leader: R. Granetz (pm)
Physics operator: W. Rowan

The focus of this half-day run was to use LHCD to produce a seed population
of fast electrons (100-200 keV) and then test out several disruption
scenarios in the hopes of finding a reliable way of producing a significant
population of relativistic runaway electrons during the disruption current
quench. This run is the first in a long-term series of experiments that
will concentrate on studying disruption runaway physics and mitigation as
part of an ITPA MHD high priority task for ITER.

We used a target shot from a recent LHCD run that had copious amounts of
fast electrons (1080214003), with a line-average density of just 3e19 m-2. We
tried triggering disruptions using several different types of disruptions:
(1) locked modes, (2) VDEs, and (3) lithium pellet injection. We didn't
get a chance to try high-density disruptions or gas jet disruptions.

The primary signal for indicating the existence of relativistic runaways is
the temporal behavior of the plasma current decay. Typical current
quenches are 1-2 ms long. A significantly longer decay, particularly if
the current exhibits a plateau, is an indication of runaways. Other
possible indicators are high energy tails on the LH hard x-ray array, and
synchrotron emission on the WIDE2 video view.

Based on those criteria, our results today showed that VDEs don't show any
evidence of runaways during the quench. Some of the locked mode
disruptions (see shot 20) and lithium pellet disruptions (shots 27, 28)
showed longer-than-normal current quenches. Shot 21 was a reasonable
control shot (i.e. similar, but with no LHCD) for shot 20, and had a normal
1-2 ms quench. However, the data are not really clear cut, and none of the
hard x-ray energy spectra showed tails in the 100-200 keV ranges during the
current quench, which might be expected if there were MeV runaways. There may have been just a hint of synchrotron emission on
shot 20, but it's very difficult to dig out that effect from the video
image in the middle of a current quench, when much of the image is
saturated.

So we have some promising leads for the next time we try this. One other
thing that we learned is that the LPI should be loaded with normal-sized
pellets. For today it only had small pellets, and we fired multiple
pellets simultaneously to guarantee a disruption, but the timing wasn't
always "simultaneous" enough. Also, although mode locking could be
reliably and reproducibly produced at a given time, the timing of the
ensuing disruption was not prompt nor reproducible. We'll have to improve
on that as well.

Physics Operator Summaries

Session Leader Comments
Feb 20 2008 09:35:07:883AM1080220001Alex Ince-CushmanGood locked mode discharge (0.7s-1.5s). The rotation seem to be locking in two stages (first step at 0.7 and then another at 0.9).
Feb 20 2008 10:02:42:993AM1080220003Alex Ince-CushmanGood shot. 2MW of RF coupled with no trips. Clean sawteeh from about 0.8s to 1.5s (period of ~16ms, with a Te(0) variation of 1.8kev-3.1kev). For the next shot we will increase the RF power to 3.5MW and increase the Ar pressure to 2.3psi. The rotation seems to be evolving on a much slower time scale than usual. There is an unexplained co-current bump in rotation at t = 0.85.
Feb 20 2008 10:10:15:067AM1080220004Alex Ince-CushmanAnother good shot. 3.5MW of RF coupled (one trip at 1.45s). Disruption during ramp down. Clean sawteeh from about 0.8s to 1.45s (period of ~19ms, with a Te(0) variation of 2.3kev-4.0kev). For the next shot we will increase the RF power to 4.5MW. We will keep the Ar pressure at 2.3psi.
Feb 20 2008 10:35:37:533AM1080220005Alex Ince-CushmanDisruption at 0.9s. 4.5MW of RF coupled (two trips at 0.5s & 0.68s). Sawteeh period of ~19ms, with a Te(0) variation of 2.5kev-4.5kev).
Feb 20 2008 10:39:56:240AM1080220006Alex Ince-Cushman4.5MW of RF coupled (multiple trips but clean trace from 0.6-1.1s). Sawteeh period of ~20ms but most of them are stuttering. Te(0) variation of 2.5kev-4.5kev). For the next shot we will adjust the phasing of J to try to increase the sawtooth period.
Feb 20 2008 10:53:20:223AM1080220007Alex Ince-Cushman4.5MW of RF coupled (one trip at 1.3s). Sawteeh period still at ~20ms but they are cleaner than the previous shot. Te(0) variation of 2.5kev-4.5kev.
Feb 20 2008 11:22:33:917AM1080220008Alex Ince-Cushman4.5MW of RF coupled (no trips). Sawtooth period still at ~18ms. Te(0) variation of 2.5kev-4.5kev. For the next shot we will go to higher current to try and move the inversion radius out and hopefully increase the sawtooth period.
Feb 20 2008 11:26:32:060AM1080220009Alex Ince-CushmanCurent at 1.2MA. Disruption at 0.8s. 5.8MW of RF coupled (Multiple trips). Irregular sawtooth periods, ~16-25ms. Te(0) variation of 2.3kev-4.8kev. For the next shot we will go to lower density to try and increase the temperature. Also we will back off on RF power to try and reduce the number of trips.
Feb 20 2008 12:03:17:853PM1080220010Alex Ince-CushmanDisruption at 1.47s. Curent at 1.1MA, nl04 t ~0.8e20. 4.5MW of RF (Multiple trips but clean from 0.55-1.15). Regular sawteeth, period ~18ms. Te(0) variation of 2.4kev-4.7kev.
Feb 20 2008 11:57:32:283AM1080220011Alex Ince-CushmanDisruption at 0.95s. Curent at 1.1MA, nl04 to ~0.7e20. 4.6MW of RF (Multiple trips but clean from 0.77-0.95). Irregular sawteeth, period ~13-18ms. Te(0) variation of 2.6kev-5.0kev. For the next shot we will go back to normal density and scan the field to try and increase the sawtooth period.
Feb 20 2008 12:11:41:003PM1080220012Alex Ince-CushmanDisruption at 1.45s. Curent at 1.1MA, nl04 ~0.8e20. 4.5MW of RF (Multiple trips). Field was varied from 5.3 to 5.6, slightly shorter sawtooth period at high field but it is not a very large effect (14ms at 5.6T vs 19 ms at 5.3T). For the next shot we will run a 0.6MA shot to reduce the inversion radius.
Feb 20 2008 12:53:48:020PM1080220014Alex Ince-CushmanDisruption at 0.67s. Curent at 0.6MA. Attempt at 4.5MW of RF (Multiple trips). Retry next shot.
Feb 20 2008 12:55:18:630PM1080220015Alex Ince-CushmanAnother early disruption at 0.74s. Current at 0.6MA. Attempt at 4.5MW of RF (Multiple trips). For next shot increase current to 0.8MA.
Feb 20 2008 01:06:39:190PM1080220016Robert GranetzWe're switching to the afternoon miniproposal (MP 530, disruption runaway studies) after
this shot.

We're having a cell access between shots 16 and 17 to allow for setup of the lower
hybrid system. I'll also open up the high-pressure gas bottle for the gas jet
system.
Feb 20 2008 01:11:22:570PM1080220016Alex Ince-CushmanYet another early disruption (0.8s). Current at 0.8MA. RF at 4.5MW. Irregular sawteeth with periods of ~10-17ms. Te(0) variation of 2.0kev-3.5kev.
Feb 20 2008 01:15:53:470PM1080220017Robert GranetzShot 17 will be a locked mode disruption at around t=1.0 s. The lower hybrid will turn on at t=0.9 s
and turn off at t=1.2 s (or at the disruption, which ever comes first).
Feb 20 2008 01:39:32:283PM1080220017Robert GranetzShot 17 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.39 s due to a moly injection. Not useful.
Feb 20 2008 01:48:47:230PM1080220018Robert GranetzShot 18 -- Fizzle.
Feb 20 2008 02:13:27:553PM1080220019Robert GranetzShot 19 -- Plasma. Locked mode starts around t=1.15 s, but plasma doesn't disrupt
until t=1.565 s. The current quench has a curious flat glitch, but shot 17 (no fast
electrons) had this also. There were plenty of fast electrons on this shot, with the
hard x-rays increasing after LH turns off.

Next shot: try programming A-coils for 4000 amps at t=0.95 s, rather than 0 amps.
Feb 20 2008 02:29:38:853PM1080220020Robert GranetzShot 20 -- Plasma. Locked mode begins around t=1.12 s, but the plasma doesn't disrupt until
very late in rampdown. There were gobs of hard x-rays, AND THE PLASMA CURRENT QUENCH WAS
DEFINITELY NOTICEABLY STRETCHED OUT...30 ms !!! Was this a real disruption?

Next shot: try same thing at 1 MA, hoping the the locked mode disruption occurs
much sooner.
Feb 20 2008 02:39:32:710PM1080220021Robert GranetzShot 21 -- Plasma. 1 MA. Got a locked mode starting at t=1.17 s, but again it didn't disrupt
until t=1.748 s. This time the LH faulted a lot, and the hard x-rays were low, and the current
quench was only 1-2 ms. So this could be a good comparison to shot 20.

Next shot: try a VDE disruption
Feb 20 2008 02:56:23:230PM1080220022Robert GranetzShot 22 -- Plasma, but disrupted early (t=0.74 s) due to high-Z injection.

Next shot: try again for a VDE around t=1.0 s.
Feb 20 2008 03:06:01:647PM1080220023Robert GranetzShot 23 -- Plasma. VDE disruption at t=1.014. LH faulted, but still produced appreciable
hard x-rays. Normal 1-2 ms current quench.

Next shot: repeat for better LH.
Feb 20 2008 03:17:22:440PM1080220024Robert GranetzShot 24 -- Plasma. VDE disruption at t=1.013 s. LH, hard x-rays. Typical 2 ms
current quench.

Next shot: fire LPI at t=1.0 s. Put ZCUR back to normal.
Feb 20 2008 03:28:13:437PM1080220025Robert GranetzShot 25 -- Plasma, but disrupted early (t=0.625 s).

Next shot: try LPI again at t=1.0 s.
Feb 20 2008 03:53:41:293PM1080220026Robert GranetzShot 26 -- Plasma, but disrupted very, very early (t=0.21 s)

Next shot: try again for LPI disruption at t=1.0 s.
Feb 20 2008 04:36:01:547PM1080220027Robert GranetzShot 27 -- Plasma. LPI disruption at t=1.010-1.017 s, so it was another extended current
quench, but not as long at shot 20. Could this be an example of MeV runaways? Need to
check with Andrea.

Next shot: another LPI disruption at t=1.0 s.
Feb 20 2008 04:21:34:390PM1080220028Robert GranetzShot 28 -- Plasma. LPI disruption at t=1.0 s. Current quench lasted 10 ms !! Need a control
shot to compare.

Next shot: LPI, but no LHCD. This will therefore be a control shot for comparison.
Feb 20 2008 04:23:46:877PM1080220029Robert GranetzShot 29 -- Plasma, but disrupted very, very early (t=0.2 s), with lots of little
injections.

Next shot: try again for LPI disruption at t=1.0 s, with no LHCD. Still trying for
a control shot.
Feb 20 2008 04:42:45:337PM1080220030Robert GranetzShot 30 -- Plasma. LPI disruption at t=1.0, but the multiple pellet pieces hit at
different times, so the disruption timing is not clear.

Try one more time with the LPI and no LH
Feb 20 2008 04:47:58:577PM1080220031Robert GranetzShot 31 -- Plasma, but disrupted very early (t=0.62 s).

Next shot: go back and repeat shot 20 (locked mode disruption) with LHCD.
Feb 20 2008 05:01:40:890PM1080220032Robert GranetzShot 32 -- Plasma, but no clear major disruption. Looks like a bunch of small disruptions
spread out over a long time. Not a good shot to study.

End of run.

Physics Operator Comments
Feb 20 2008 08:32:46:877AMBill Rowanloaded from 1080215001
import segment 1 from 1080219012
load pcs

Feb 20 2008 08:58:04:107AM1080220001Bill Rowanshot 001
copied shot 1080215001 for segments 2,3,4. segment 3 is on: SNL
copied segment 1 from 1080219012
PG1: argon, on at 0.3 s; off at 0.5 s, hybrid enabled
cryopump off

plasma

Feb 20 2008 09:32:37:880AM1080220002Bill Rowanshot 002.
load from 1080130025. segment 4 is on
import segment 1 from 1080220001
RF on
USN
cryo on

dud
Feb 20 2008 09:44:33:693AM1080220003Bill Rowanshot 003
increased prefill to 50 ms

plasma

Feb 20 2008 09:59:40:083AM1080220004Bill Rowan004.
pg1: 1.0 s puff at 0.3 s, 2.3 psi, argon

plasma
disrupted during rampdown @1.6 s
Feb 20 2008 10:12:49:867AM1080220005Bill Rowan005.
no pcs changes
li pellet injection expected at 1.45 s
at the time of the shot chamber pressure was 1.4e-07

plasma, disruption at 0.9 s

Feb 20 2008 10:20:02:220AM1080220005Bill Rowanincrease in sxr and 2pi bolo at 0.85 s: Mo injection (see spec logbook entry)
Feb 20 2008 10:28:53:773AM1080220006Bill Rowan006.
no pcs changes

Plasma. Disruption during rampdown at 1.6 s

Feb 20 2008 10:53:56:680AM1080220007Bill Rowan007.
no pcs changes
repeat the last shot

Plasma.

Feb 20 2008 11:08:02:693AM1080220008Bill Rowan008.
no pcs changes

Plasma
Feb 20 2008 11:19:44:083AM1080220009Bill Rowan009.
Increase the plasma current

Plasma. disruption at 0.83 s

Feb 20 2008 11:33:04:863AM1080220010Bill Rowan010.
Decrease the nl_04 demand by 10% to 0.8e+20

Plasma. Almost made it to ramp down. Disruption shortly after the time that the pellet enters the plasma.
density: nl_04 approx 0.8e+20

Feb 20 2008 11:45:49:800AM1080220011Bill Rowan011.
Li pellet injection stopped to save pellets for the pm run
Reduce nl_04 demand to 0.6e+20

Plasma
Disruption at 0.9 s
â??rainâ?? from the top after the shot.

Feb 20 2008 12:08:09:310PM1080220012Bill Rowan012.
reloaded 1080220010
inserted a small scan in the TF to assist in searching for the proper rf phasing

Plasma

Feb 20 2008 12:16:35:633PM1080220013Bill Rowan013.
removed the BT ramp
Reduced the plasma current to 0.6 MA


Fizzle

Feb 20 2008 12:40:56:410PM1080220014Bill Rowan014.
no pcs changes

Plasma
something came in at 0.5 s
observe sudden increases on h-alpha
density response to this
Finally disrupted at 0.7 s

Feb 20 2008 12:48:40:607PM1080220015Bill Rowan015.
no pcs changes

Plasma
Very similar to the last shot.

Feb 20 2008 01:01:11:873PM1080220016Bill Rowan016.
IP demand increased to 0.8 MA

Plasma. Disruption at 0.8 s
Feb 20 2008 01:40:50:033PM1080220017Bill Rowan017.
End of MP 520. Start on MP_runaway.
No cryo for the next shot.
load from 1080214003
A-coil cur set to 0 at 0.95 s
B21_Proj wire:
I gain set to 0 at 0.95 s
P gain set to 0 at 0.95 s
Integrator C set to 0 at 0.95 s
V10 (ACOIL_CUR) set to 0 all the way across

Import segment 1 from shot 1080220016
no cryo pump on the next shot.
reduced the prefill to 24 ms
disable b-side lower (that is the argon)

Plasma
Disruption at 0.4 s
Moly monitor increased toward the disruption.
So high z injection

Feb 20 2008 01:50:36:107PM1080220018Bill Rowan018.
No pcs changes

Fizzle

Feb 20 2008 02:26:30:413PM1080220020Bill Rowan020.
V10 (ACOIL_CUR) set to 4000 (max) at 0.95 s
cryo will not be used for the remainder of the day
drop prefill to 20 ms from 22 ms

Plasma
Feb 20 2008 02:31:40:340PM1080220021Bill Rowan021.
increase IP to 1 MA

Plasma

Feb 20 2008 02:54:21:400PM1080220022Bill Rowan022.
reloaded 1080214003
set zcur in similar fashion to 1060414012 but the timing is for a vde at 1 s
imported 1080220021 segment 1 into segment 1

Plasma
disruption at 0.74 s
possibly another moly injection

Feb 20 2008 03:05:48:537PM1080220023Bill Rowan023
No pcs changes

Plasma
disruption at 1.0 s

Feb 20 2008 03:17:45:520PM1080220024Bill Rowan024
No pcs changes

Plasma
disruption at 1.0 s
Feb 20 2008 03:28:12:157PM1080220025Bill Rowan025.
imported segment 2, shot 1080214003 into segment 2
Li pellet injection at 1.0 s

Plasma.
Disruption at 0.6 s

Feb 20 2008 03:54:34:013PM1080220027Bill Rowan027.
no pcs changes

Plasma
disruption at 1 s
li pellet injection at 1 s

Feb 20 2008 04:13:37:490PM1080220028Bill Rowan028.
no pcs changes

disruption at 1 s
li pellet injection at 1 s
Feb 20 2008 04:19:40:183PM1080220029Bill Rowan029.
no pcs changes
no LH on this shot
li pellet at 1 s

Disruption
Very early disruption at 0.2 s

Feb 20 2008 04:37:29:953PM1080220030Bill Rowan030.
no pcs changes
no LH on this shot
li pellet at 1 s

Plasma

Feb 20 2008 04:45:55:900PM1080220031Bill Rowan031
no pcs changes
no LH on this shot
li pellet at 1 s

Plasma
disruption at 0.61 s
Feb 20 2008 04:58:13:743PM1080220032Bill Rowan032
reload shot 1080220020
this is the locked mode shot
LH on this shot

Plasma

End of the run

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:55:47:153AMPlasmaOk
209:28:14:300AMPlasmaOk
309:41:13:767AMPlasmaOk
409:56:38:957AMPlasmaOk
510:09:56:830AMPlasmaOk
610:23:29:800AMPlasmaOk
710:36:42:050AMPlasmaOk
810:58:45:747AMPlasmaOk
911:13:21:793AMPlasmaOk
1011:26:43:280AMPlasmaOk
1111:42:38:877AMPlasmaOk
1211:59:19:957AMPlasmaOk
1312:12:04:487PMPlasmaOk
1412:25:09:207PMPlasmaOk
1512:43:56:447PMPlasmaOk
1612:56:44:210PMPlasmaOk
1701:33:26:753PMPlasmaOk
1801:47:01:850PMPlasmaOk
1901:59:32:037PMPlasmaOk
2002:14:13:023PMPlasmaOk
2102:29:03:087PMPlasmaOk
2202:46:01:983PMPlasmaOk
2302:58:39:277PMPlasmaOk
2403:11:27:840PMPlasmaOk
2503:25:08:463PMPlasmaOk
2603:37:41:463PMPlasmaOk
2703:50:41:277PMPlasmaOk
2804:03:19:447PMPlasmaOk
2904:16:56:557PMPlasmaOk
3004:29:29:587PMPlasmaOk
3104:42:47:943PMPlasmaOk
3204:55:35:193PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Feb 20 2008 09:27:50:050AM
SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
Changed
OwnerDescriptionWho Can
Change
Active MHDyesFully operationalMar 28 2007 09:19PM (sears)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESyesvertical array of six views at R ~ 87.3 cm, radial array of three views out to R ~ 89 cm, both at outboard midplane. Three discrete fiber views of beam at R ~ 70.0, 76.5 and 82.5 cm.Feb 06 2007 10:00AM (bravenec)Ron BravenecBeam Emission Spectroscopybravenec,rowan
BolometersyesDiode 2pi working fine, foil 2pi being low-pass filtered to remove noise. Outboard miidplane AXUV fine. Midplane foils working fine, but need to fill tree with calibrations. 2D AXUV arrays are being digitized but need further debugging and calibration.Dec 19 2007 07:16PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
BoronizationnoFirst Boronization 5/9/07 Bottle has been removed from the cellSep 14 2007 12:42PM (dekow)Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAyesSingle channel CNPA available as of 12/1707Dec 17 2007 05:48PM (parker)Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertoryesCryopump is operationalDec 11 2007 10:13AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSyesThe pedestal toroidal array was installed, spatially and absolutely calibrated. There are 10 chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[74.2:86.3]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.2 cm. The F-top poloidal array was installed and spatially calibrated. There are 19 chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[67.8:91.0]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.22 cm.Nov 27 2007 10:21AM (bespam)Bill RowanCharge Exchange Spectroscopybespam,blip,rachmcd,rowan
D Alphayes\ha2_bright and \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 are availableNov 26 2007 04:23PM (terry)Jim TerryBalmer Alpha Monitorirby,terry,wolfe
Dalsayesoptics repaired, camera re-installed, and view has been re-calibratedNov 27 2007 09:54AM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationno Nov 20 2007 10:47PM (granetz)Robert GranetzGas Jetgranetz,whyte
Divertor IRno Mar 06 2007 10:50AM Glen WurdenDivertor IR Digital Videogwurden,terry
Divertor IR Spectroscopyno Mar 06 2007 10:51AM Glen WurdenDivertor IR Spectroscopygwurden,terry
DNBno Nov 20 2007 10:47PM (granetz)Robert GranetzDiagnostic Neutral Beambeals,granetz
FRC-ECEyes16 Channels now working - low freq. side - outer RmidsFeb 19 2008 09:56AM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesGauge is operational and calibrated against G-side MKS on shot#1071127002Nov 27 2007 01:25PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
GPCyesAll 9 channels operational as of new year.Jan 03 2008 09:31AM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPC2yesMost channels operational.Jan 02 2008 12:22PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPInoNeither the Xpt-view nor the midplane-view camera is operational. Nov 26 2007 04:25PM (terry)Jim TerryGas Puff Imagingterry,zweben
H/DyesShould be operational for the FY08 campaignNov 27 2007 09:54AM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
Hirex Jryes Mar 06 2007 08:59AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex SrnoBe Window has a leak and so the gate valve is closedNov 23 2007 12:50PM (ince)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
HXRyesSomething might be wrong with channel 26; all others working fine.Mar 23 2007 10:43AM (schmidt)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennayesavailable (quarter-wave transformer for pre-matching)Dec 11 2007 09:01AM (ylin)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennayesavailable (with FFT for automatical matching)Dec 11 2007 09:01AM (ylin)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antennayesnormally in [0,pi,pi,0] phase for heating. current drive phase available if requested.Dec 11 2007 09:03AM (ylin)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Lower HybridyesBody I Fault Circuits Repaired and tested. High power tests completedDec 05 2007 06:40PM (dterry)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker
LPIyes1/9/08Jan 09 2008 03:23PM (bose)Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphayesMidplane working fine, emissivity profiles being stored in tree, but still need to apply in-vessel calibrations to data. WB1-LY being digitized, but not processed in tree.Dec 09 2007 06:53PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonnoProblems with detector. No quantitative line brightnesses possible. Qualitative tasks like impurity identification possible.Feb 15 2008 02:07PM (mlreinke)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometermlreinke,terry
MichelsonyesWorking, moderate speed for now.Jan 02 2008 01:19PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MKSyesE-Top, E-Bottom, F-top (cryo), G-side, and B-bottom are operational. F-top gauge has a 'sniffer tube' to measure pressures in cryopump gas box.Mar 20 2007 06:42PM (g)Brian LaBombardBaratron pressure gaugeslabombard
MLPnoInitial tests on the A-port scanning probe went well. We need to take care of some control glitches that caused some component failures. May 30 2007 08:01PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardMirror Langmuir Probe Electronics Systemlabombard
MSEnoWe are basically awaiting the DNB & its new aperture. MSE itself is OK. 5 photo detectors have been shipped out for repair, so currently only 5 channels are available. We expect the full channels will be available late in Jan 08.Jan 04 2008 01:11PM (jinseok)Steve ScottMotional Stark Effectjinseok,sscott
NeutronsyesVoltage is on for the He3 bank. Voltage will be turned on for the global system at the first plasma attempts.Nov 26 2007 08:31AM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and Hardsyescalibration unchanged from 2007 campaignDec 04 2007 08:56PM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Horirby
NINJAyesAll capillaries displayed by the NINJA_CONTROL GUI have been tested. Nov 26 2007 04:26PM (terry)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCInoBoth CO2 and HeNe Lasers are disabled----- safe for machine entry.Sep 14 2007 03:21PM (lianglin)Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingedlund,lianglin,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning GaugesyesAll gauges except B_DivL are operatingNov 27 2007 01:31PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardPenning Ionization Gaugeslabombard
Plasma TVyesWIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational.Nov 26 2007 04:27PM (terry)Jim TerryVideo of plasma via several camerasdekow,irby,terry,wolfe
PolarimeternoSafe for Machine EntrySep 14 2007 12:17PM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Polarimeterirby
Probe Array - ISDyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:40PM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:40PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:41PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:41PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Reflectometeryes50, 60, 75 and 88GHz channels are connected and being tested for the campaignDec 18 2007 10:28AM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPyesOperational, but needs to be checked with plasma.Nov 27 2007 01:45PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPyesFSP is operationalDec 11 2007 10:13AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPyesA- and K-port WASP electrodes have been replaced/tested.Nov 27 2007 01:44PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
TCIyesCO2 Laser is on --- initial alignment completeNov 16 2007 01:23PM (irby)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometerirby,murray
TS - Coreyes8 polychromators, 1 laser. Density is calibrated for YAG2. YAG1 is not calibrated yet. Jan 17 2008 11:51PM (yma)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
TS - EdgeyesSystem is working. Density is derived with last year's calibration, and should be good to within ~20%. Jan 18 2008 07:27AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XTOMOyessystem operationalJan 10 2008 11:41AM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke