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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:448a
Date Filed: 1/24/2008
Title:Comparison of Small ELM regimes on C-Mod, MAST and NSTX (Rev A)
First Author:Rajesh Maingi
Session Leader:Jerry Hughes (shots 1-30)
Session Leader:Rajesh Maingi (shots 2-30)

Operators
Session leader(s):Jerry Hughes,Rajesh Maingi
Physics operator(s):Joseph Snipes
Engineering operator(s):Andy Pfeiffer,Bill Parkin,Bill Byford

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP448a: Comparison of Small ELM regimes on C-Mod, MAST and NSTX Session

Session Leader Plans
Entered: Mar 3 2008 07:07:31:977PM
Author: Jerry Hughes
DRAFT Session Leader run plan for 1080304
MP448a: Comparison of Small ELM regimes on C-Mod, MAST and NSTX

Setup:

**Overnight 10hr boronization required.
rmin/rdwell/rmax: 60/75/80 cm
tdwell/tsweep: 60/120 s
~70mtorr foreline pressure
EF4 current: 200 A
Post boronization ECDC in He, then D2

**Cryopump ready for first shot.

**ICRF: Require min. 3.5MW

**Critical diagnostics:
Edge TS
PCI, configured to monitor edge fluctuations, digitizing 0.6--1.2s
Reflectometry, 88GHz and below, digitizing beginning at 0.6s
Fast magnetics
Fast D-alpha diodes, fast cameras
200kHz digitization on soft xray arrays

Load shot 1080130007 (5.4T, 800kA, nl04=8e19, SSEP=-5mm).
Remove the ZCUR ramp between 1.1 and 1.2s. Instead hold the program
flat through flattop.

Shot plan:

1. Load shot 1080130007 (5.4T, 800kA, nl04=8e19, SSEP=-5mm). Remove
the ZCUR ramp between 1.1 and 1.2s. Instead hold the program flat
through flattop.

ICRF should be flat from 0.6 to 1.2s. Goal is 3.5MW. Bring up ICRF
to maximum stable level and reproduce the ELMing discharge of
1080130007. (2--3 shots)

2. Once fiducial ELMing discharge is established, decrease, then
increase, RXL shot by shot in increments of 2mm until the ELMs
disappear. If ELM window proves exceptionally narrow, obtain an
H-mode with small-amplitude cyclic RXL ramps about the "sweet
spot". (6--8 shots)

3. Scan current shot to shot to obtain q95 dependence: 750kA, 850kA
and 900kA. If ELM window proves exceptionally narrow, obtain an
H-mode with small-amplitude cyclic Ip ramps about 800kA. (3--5
shots)

4. Return to fiducial ELMing shot and lower Ip to 550kA. This should
give q95~7, matching that of NSTX shot 127304. Ramp ICRF from 3.5
to max available from 0.6 to 1.2s. and see if any ELMs show
up. Repeat at successively lower nl04 targets: 6e19, 4e19. (3--4
shots)

5. If we see small ELMs in step 4, then attempt some RXL ramps at
fixed ICRF power to address possible shape dependence. (3 shots)
Otherwise, proceed to step 6.

6. Try for some big ELMs. Load 1080213032 (psuedo-JFT-2M shape). Set
A-coils to standard error-field compensation. Establish ELMy H-mode and
then begin to vary shape.

First, ramp the lower X-point position to that of 1080130007, while
keeping upper boundary as in 1080213032. Document ELM behavior.

Second, morph the upper boundary toward that of 1080130007, while
holding the X-point as in 1080213032. Document ELM behavior.




Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Mar 3 2008 10:25:04:180PM
Author: Joseph Snipes
Physop Plan for 1080304
MP448a: Comparison of Small ELM regimes on C-Mod, MAST and NSTX

Session Leaders: R. Maingi, J Hughes
Physics Operator: J. Snipes

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

Power systems as on 1080130007
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 ENABLED (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, Z-bolo

Torvac gatevalve toggle (yes/no): NO

**Overnight 10hr boronization required.
rmin/rdwell/rmax: 60/75/80 cm
tdwell/tsweep: 60/120 s
~60mtorr foreline pressure
EF4 current: 200 A
Post boronization ECDC in He, then D2
------------------------------
ECDC Parameters
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gas and pressure: D2 at 2e-4 Torr
sweep: 44/45/103 cm
scan: 20/120 s

Vessel temperature: 35/35/35

**Cryopump ready for first shot.

**ICRF: Require at least 3.5MW

**Critical diagnostics:
Edge TS
PCI
Reflectometry
Fast magnetics
Fast D-alpha diodes
Fast digitization on soft xray arrays

Load shot 1080130007 (5.4T, 800kA, nl04=8e19, SSEP=-5mm)

Shot plan:

1. Bring up ICRF to maximum stable level and reproduce the ELMing
discharge of 1080130007. (2--3 shots)
2. Decrease, then increase, RXL in increments of 2mm until ELMs
disappear. (6--8 shots)
3. Current scan: 750kA, 850kA and 900kA (3--5 shots)
4. Next step to be determined.

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Mar 6 2008 06:27:52:997PM
Author: Jerry Hughes
MP448a: Comparison of Small ELM regimes on C-Mod, MAST and NSTX

Session Leaders:
J. Hughes, R. Maingi(ORNL)
Additional contributors to run plan:
A. Hubbard, H. Meyer (UKAEA), J. Terry
Physics Operator:
J. Snipes

This run completed the C-Mod contribution to an ITPA joint experiment
intended to compare and contrast small ELM regimes on C-Mod and the
low aspect ratio tokamaks NSTX and MAST. Our previous experiment
(1080129, 1080130) suggested that the accessibility of small ELMs was
extremely sensitive to shaping and plasma current, perhaps even to the
point of being singular in triangularity and/or q95. The first part of
this run consisted of systematic scans of lower X-point position and
Ip, with the aim of pinning down the ELM operational window. Following
this we kept the options of a.) extending the experiment to q95~7 in
order to match safety factor of ELMy NSTX discharges made last week,
or b.) transitioning to an equilibrium run on 1080213 and assessing
the effects of shape variation on large ELMs.

An overnight boronization was carried out in preparation for this
H-mode run. The full-length baseline target discharge was established
by shot 5. This is a moderately shaped discharge biased slightly lower
null (SSEP ~ -5mm), with q95~4.7. The target had been found to be
nominally EDA, with access to small ELMs at ICRF power greater than
about 3MW. The RF operators coupled ICRF at 3.6MW by shot 6, and
forward power remained fairly steady in most of the day's remaining
shots. Many discharges were subject to large Mo (and at least once,
Fe) injections, which reduced the duration of high quality H-modes we
could use. On the bright side, discharges were often able to recover
from these radiating injections and reheat effectively, providing
broad dynamic scans in collisionality and edge beta. ELM pertubations
and filaments were diagnosed with fast H-alpha diodes, magnetics, edge
soft x-rays, fast ECE, PCI and reflectometry.

We achieved a fine scan of X-point positions (Shots 8, 9, 10, 13, 14,
17), decreasing RXL from the nominal baseline position in steps of
2--4mm for a total of -1.2cm shift. Contrary to our initial
impression, which was based on three shots from 1080130, ELMs proved
accessible across this range, thus establishing that the shaping
window is not singular. There were hints that the charcter of ELMs
changed as we varied the lower triangularity in this way; clarifying
this will require further analysis. Control room analysis indicates
that the most reliable metric for small ELM access is simply the
elevation of Te,PED above ~600eV. On shot 19 we made a change of several
cm to the lower X-point position, in order to match the X-point
position of our nominal large ELM shape, while at a more conventional
upper triangularity. No large ELMs were observed in this new shape, even
at substantial pedestal beta.

A current scan from 700kA to 850kA (Shots 20, 22, 24) revealed a
fairly narrow window in Ip (or q95) for obtaining these ELMs. It was
decided not to attempt a high q discharge, and we instead moved on to
load the JFT-2M-like shape at 800kA as a large ELM baseline. Shots
25--30 all began from this discharge and rounded out the day. Nice
large ELMs were obtained on shot 29 with 3.6MW of input ICRF. The
final shot was an attempt to ramp the lower triangularity down by
shifting RXL out by ~1cm. Unfortunately, a large injection blew away
our initial hot H-mode before the sweep could be executed, and we got
a null result.

All in all, we got a very thorough data set of small ELMs in a near DN
shape. Performance was fairly good, though hampered by injections. We
got some useful comparisons of discharges with varied shaping and
collisionality, which will help advance a portion of our H-mode
Baseline Integrated Scenario studies.

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Mar 4 2008 05:19:35:170PM
Author: Joseph Snipes
It was a good run. The machine ran quite well and so did the ICRF. There were a number of disruptions and impurity injections that made parameter scans somewhat irreproducible, but small ELMs were obtained on many shots and large ELMs were obtained on the later JFT-2M shaped plasmas as well. See the session leaders summaries for more details. There were 30 shots, 26 plasmas, and four fizzles. One of the fizzles was due to the cryopump warming up just before the shot. It seemed that Bz was increasing during the day and the last two shots were programmed with slightly lower (more negative) Bz to correct this. Otherwise, the startup was rather robust. A number of shape changes were made varying the lower triangularity up to and including the JFT-2M shape.
Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax(MA),Result Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax,Result
| 01 0.129 0.453 Plasma | 02 0.036 0.162 Plasma |
| 03 0.421 0.748 Plasma | 04 0.925 0.835 Plasma |
| 05 2.000 0.831 Plasma | 06 1.586 0.832 Plasma |
| 07 2.000 0.828 Plasma | 08 2.000 0.834 Plasma |
| 09 2.000 0.832 Plasma | 10 2.000 0.833 Plasma |
| 11 0.543 0.833 Plasma | 12 0.127 0.049 Fizzle |
| 13 2.000 0.831 Plasma | 14 2.000 0.832 Plasma |
| 15 0.138 0.053 Fizzle | 16 0.123 0.048 Fizzle |
| 17 1.164 0.830 Plasma | 18 2.000 0.832 Plasma |
| 19 1.998 0.823 Plasma | 20 2.000 0.736 Plasma |
| 21 0.729 0.749 Plasma | 22 2.000 0.781 Plasma |
| 23 0.822 0.915 Plasma | 24 2.000 0.881 Plasma |
| 25 1.987 0.831 Plasma | 26 1.987 0.830 Plasma |
| 27 1.967 0.828 Plasma | 28 0.154 0.052 Fizzle |
| 29 1.956 0.827 Plasma | 30 1.898 0.828 Plasma |

Date 1080304: 30 shots. 26 plasmas. 4 fizzles. 0 duds. 0 System Error.
(Plasma = Ip gt 60.0 kA Dud = H_alpha lt 0.20 V)
Total plasma duration: 40.69 s (exceeding -45 kA)

Session Leader Comments
Mar 4 2008 10:48:47:827AM1080304003Jerry HughesOverdense. There is much concern over the density measurement, but
1.) the raw Thomson signals all look pretty normal
2.) the Te agree with ECE, and
3.) the n_e give n/n_g~1 at the time of disruption
So I tend to believe the TS.

Mar 4 2008 10:54:19:890AM1080304004Jerry HughesBetter fueling. Some RF.
Mar 4 2008 10:55:48:610AM1080304005 Attempted reproduction of 1080130007, including 3.5 MW of power.
Got about 3 MW to 1.0 sec and then ramped up later in shot.
No sign of small ELMs here.
Mar 4 2008 10:56:26:547AM1080304005Jerry HughesYAG2 has died on this shot. The low density measurements should be thrown out.
YAG1 is probably still okay.
Mar 4 2008 11:40:49:457AM1080304006Jerry HughesRF power looks good. No strong ELM signatures. Try to lower target.
Mar 4 2008 11:38:36:050AM1080304007Jerry HughesGot target density down from previous shot, but an injection causes a back
transition and results in an overfueled 2nd H-mode. This is followed by a
pump-out, Te rise, and the appearance of small ELMs. They are not of the
quality we seek, in terms of filamentary signatures.
Mar 4 2008 12:34:46:493PM1080304007 Nice ELMy H-mode - small ELMs possibly between 1.0 and 1.2 sec.
Weak signature on SXR.
Mar 4 2008 12:07:58:853PM1080304008Jerry HughesH-mode starts out very promisingly, with high Te,PED, Wp, small ELMs.
The injection comes at 0.76, kills the H-mode, and we start over again.
Should really have one that runs through. Moving on to scan of RXL.
Mar 4 2008 12:09:43:663PM1080304009Jerry HughesRXL decreased by somewhere between 1 and 2 mm. ELms are still there, though
weaker. The H-mode is a bit more radiative than on shot 8, and the edge Te
is lower as a result. Continue RXL scan.
Mar 4 2008 12:37:35:617PM1080304009 Maybe some small ELMs between 0.7 nas 0.78 sec - these are pretty subtle.
Mar 4 2008 12:15:09:307PM1080304010 Good shot - injections lower. Got clear small ELM phase
from 0.9-1.1 sec.
Mar 4 2008 12:28:18:430PM1080304010Jerry HughesRXL is decreased 2--3mm from shot 8 now. H-mode sustained through injection
(which happens at ~0.76s again). Some fuzzy Dalpha. If they are ELMs, they are
quite weak.
Mar 4 2008 12:28:54:650PM1080304011Jerry HughesDisruption at 530ms.
Mar 4 2008 12:53:15:367PM1080304012Jerry HughesPost-disruption fizzle.
Mar 4 2008 01:05:53:587PM1080304013 Nice small ELMs from 1.0-1.2 sec.
Mar 4 2008 01:08:09:820PM1080304013Jerry HughesInjection at 0.72s. 2nd H-mode is pretty good, with ELMs showing up as edge Te
rises above 600eV.
Mar 4 2008 01:45:32:150PM1080304014Jerry HughesTwo good ELMy H-modes. ELMs may be getting _more_ prominent as we decrease RXL,
contrary to expectations.
This shot put us over the top for a neutron alert.

Mar 4 2008 02:18:04:977PM1080304017 Maybe some small ELMs between 0.65 and 0.75 sec, followed by
injections which cool the edge substantially.
Mar 4 2008 02:15:46:540PM1080304018 Back to 007 - reference shot with lower density. No injections,
and had small ELMs from about 0.7 to 0.85 sec. But no more.
Mar 4 2008 02:52:38:260PM1080304018Jerry HughesNice shot. No killer injections. Lots of small ELMs, most significant when
Te,PED>600eV.
Mar 4 2008 02:40:10:633PM1080304019 JFT-2M like Rx and Zx. Got several big impurity injections.
Concensus is to come back to this later as it entails shot development.
Mar 4 2008 02:58:35:493PM1080304019Jerry HughesMade a big change in Xpoint location, and successfully matched JFT-2M x-point.
Unfortunately, the secondary xpoint moved too. We've got some Fe injections
now, and so I'm a little nervous about proceeding with this shape development.
Propose doing current scan from the fiducial is a better idea.
Next: return to 14 and lower Ip to 700kA.
Mar 4 2008 02:56:20:617PM1080304020 Restore discharge with best ELMs - 014 - and drop Ip to 0.7 MA.
Big injection early - no clear sign of small ELMs.
Mar 4 2008 03:04:38:760PM1080304020Jerry Hughes700kA. Recovery from injection is admirable. Pump-out is impressive, giving
Te,PED>800eV by end of H-mode. Small ELMs, if that's what they are, seem to occur
at Te,PED between 400 and 700eV. ne95 is relatively steady during the nl04 drop.


Mar 4 2008 03:28:09:447PM1080304022Jerry Hughes750kA. EDA H-modes. No ELM signs.
Mar 4 2008 03:30:33:650PM1080304023Jerry Hughes850kA. H-mode terminates early due to injection. Another brick kills the
discharge altogether. The strike is still hitting the floor.
Mar 4 2008 04:00:48:410PM1080304024 0.85 MA with standard Rx from 007. Good - some small ELM signs
at various points. Looks like we are at the upper end of the
Ip range possible for small ELM window.
Mar 4 2008 04:07:23:533PM1080304025Jerry Hughes800kA JFT-2M shape. Nice shot, though J-port needs to be re-tuned for next shot.
Lots of small ELMs and a handful of big ones.
Next: repeat with more power.
Mar 4 2008 04:07:40:050PM1080304025 Nice shot with lots of small ELMs and a few big ones - in JFT2-M shape!
Mar 4 2008 05:02:07:280PM1080304027Jerry HughesStill trying JFT-2M target, but delaying ICRF until after the xpoint is fully
pulled. That worked. Overall density rise is lower, Nice steady period of big
ELMs until about 1.1s.
Mar 4 2008 05:06:16:280PM1080304029Jerry HughesBeautiful. ICRF is clean. Great looking ELMs. H-mode is rock-steady for 400ms.
Next: Jim Terry is calling it . . . Ramp x-point +1cm starting at .95s.
Mar 4 2008 05:25:49:560PM1080304030Jerry HughesThat shot looked great up until 0.92s. The injection is reported to be Fe.
The subsequent H-modes are fairly radiative and not ELM-prone. The programmed
X-pont scan seems to have worked though.

Physics Operator Comments
Mar 4 2008 09:30:18:953AM1080304001Joseph SnipesShot 1: Copied shot 1080130007. Changed prepuff to 55 ms duration. This is a 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, 0.8 x 10^20 m^-2 near double null plasma in segment 3. Removed the ZCUR ramp at 1.2 s. Disrupted at 0.12 s. Hard x rays from 0.03 s. Not a good startup.

Mar 4 2008 09:42:28:937AM1080304002Joseph SnipesShot 2: Raised prepuff by 5 ms to 60 ms duration. Fizzle!
Mar 4 2008 10:18:38:593AM1080304003Joseph SnipesShot 3: Repeat with plasma. Disrupted at 0.415 s. Thomson shows the density reaches 2 x 10^20 m^-3. Clearly, the interferometer is not working properly but Irby claims that it is fine!
Mar 4 2008 10:36:56:437AM1080304004Joseph SnipesShot 4: Tweaked RCUR in segment 3 around 0.37 s to be flat at 0.6585 m. Irby is working on the density feedback. Should be OK now. Disrupted at 0.92 s.
Mar 4 2008 10:49:11:280AM1080304005Joseph SnipesShot 5: Reduced rate of rise of nl04 slightly to reach 8 x 10^19 m^-2 at 0.352 s rather than 0.302 s. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 11:09:37:437AM1080304006Joseph SnipesShot 6: Reduced prepuff by 5 ms to 55 ms duration. Good shot though it disrupted in rampdown at 1.58 s.
Mar 4 2008 11:32:29:303AM1080304007Joseph SnipesShot 7: Reduced nl04 to 7 x 10^19 m^-2. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 11:40:36:410AM1080304008Joseph SnipesShot 8: Repeat. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 11:57:15:900AM1080304009Joseph SnipesShot 9: Set RXL to -0.002 m from 0.45 to 1.5 s. Good shot. Multiple H-modes.
Mar 4 2008 12:15:45:493PM1080304010Joseph SnipesShot 10: Set RXL to -0.004 m from 0.45 to 1.56 s. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 12:31:38:260PM1080304011Joseph SnipesShot 11: Set RXL to -0.006 m from 0.45 to 1.56 s. Disrupted at 0.535 s.
Mar 4 2008 12:40:51:710PM1080304012Joseph SnipesShot 12: Set RXL to reach -0.006 m starting at 0.55 s to check if the RXL change was responsible for the disruption. Fizzle!
Mar 4 2008 12:53:24:650PM1080304013Joseph SnipesShot 13: Try again with no changes. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 01:14:35:383PM1080304014Joseph SnipesShot 14: Set RXL to -0.008 m from 0.55 to 1.56 s. RF timing was shifted by 0.2 s
to start at 0.8 s. Good shot. Injection shifted from 0.8 s to 1 s as well (as expected).
Mar 4 2008 01:22:42:337PM1080304015Joseph SnipesShot 15: Set RXL to -0.012 m from 0.55 to 1.56 s. Fizzle!
Mar 4 2008 01:38:51:117PM1080304016Joseph SnipesShot 16: Changed EF4 current from -1340 A to -1355 A. Fizzle again! Cryopump was not cold enough and released gas into the vessel preventing sustained breakdown.
Mar 4 2008 01:49:03:790PM1080304017Joseph SnipesShot 17: Try again with the cryopump cold. Disrupted at 1.15 s.
Mar 4 2008 02:02:19:260PM1080304018Joseph SnipesShot 18: Reloaded shot 7. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 02:22:13:320PM1080304019Joseph SnipesShot 19: Set RXL = -0.05 m and ZXL = 0.02 to attempt to get the lower triangularity of the JFT-2M shape from shot 1080213032. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 02:49:59:570PM1080304020Joseph SnipesShot 20: Reloaded shot 14. Then, set Ip = 0.7 MA. Problem with the State computer. Bosco will reboot. Short delay. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 03:06:39:773PM1080304021Joseph SnipesShot 21: Repeat. Disrupted at 0.72 s.
Mar 4 2008 03:12:30:337PM1080304022Joseph SnipesShot 22: Raised Ip to 0.75 MA. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 03:25:36:760PM1080304023Joseph SnipesShot 23: Raised Ip to 0.85 MA. Disrupted at 0.81 s.
Mar 4 2008 03:39:13:900PM1080304024Joseph SnipesShot 24: Reloaded shot 18. Raised Ip to 0.85 MA. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 03:57:08:197PM1080304025Joseph SnipesShot 25: Loaded shot 1080213032, which is a JFT-2M shape at 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, 5 x 10^19 m^-2 plasma in segment 2. Then, reloaded segment 1 from shot 24. Set B21_PROJ to zero. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 04:09:41:873PM1080304026Joseph SnipesShot 26: Enable LPI gate valve. Brock intends to fire a Li pellet at 1.7 s. Wukitch will attempt to improve the RF tuning and increase the ICRF power.
Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 04:22:41:060PM1080304027Joseph SnipesShot 27: Repeat for better RF. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 04:41:37:123PM1080304028Joseph SnipesShot 28: Enabled argon gas valve and set the argon puff from 0.3 to 0.415 s. Reduced RCUR by 4 mm to increase the outer gap by 8 mm to 1.8 cm. Fizzle!
Mar 4 2008 04:54:18:717PM1080304029Joseph SnipesShot 29: Changed EF4 current from -1340 A to -1355 A. Good shot.
Mar 4 2008 05:06:49:123PM1080304030Joseph SnipesShot 30: Ramped RXL from 0.95 to 1.15 s from -0.05 to -0.04 m and then held it at -0.04 m until 1.5 s. Good shot.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:22:04:290AMPlasmaOk
209:40:37:373AMPlasmaOk
309:56:31:970AMPlasmaOk
410:34:43:297AMPlasmaOk
510:47:14:983AMPlasmaOk
611:07:21:157AMPlasmaOk
711:20:54:593AMPlasmaOk
811:38:06:970AMPlasmaOk
911:54:44:430AMPlasmaOk
1012:10:07:337PMPlasmaOk
1112:25:43:163PMPlasmaOkPF breaker pulled due to plasma disruption
1212:38:53:337PMPlasmaOk
1312:51:24:773PMPlasmaOk
1401:07:51:760PMPlasmaOk
1501:20:44:493PMPlasmaOk
1601:33:20:290PMPlasmaOk
1701:46:52:790PMPlasmaOk
1802:00:35:133PMPlasmaOk
1902:20:20:510PMPlasmaOk
2002:45:15:557PMPlasmaOk
2102:57:58:900PMPlasmaOk
2203:10:34:540PMPlasmaOk
2303:23:21:210PMPlasmaOk
2403:37:21:633PMPlasmaOk
2503:55:23:743PMPlasmaOk
2604:07:50:580PMPlasmaOk
2704:20:29:700PMPlasmaOk
2804:39:21:827PMPlasmaOk
2904:51:55:590PMPlasmaOk
3005:04:41:420PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Mar 4 2008 09:21:54:807AM
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.Feb 21 2008 08:51AM (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
PCIyesworkingFeb 29 2008 07:00PM (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
ReflectometeryesStarting on 1080227 All low freq. channels have been connected 50,60,75,88, 88l,88u and 110GHz. The variable freq. channel as well as the 140 have been connected and are being tested.Feb 27 2008 09:34AM (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 - Coreyes12 polychromators (#1~8,9,11,13,15), 1 laser. Density is calibrated for YAG2 on polychromator 1~8. YAG1 is not calibrated yet. Density calibration hasn't been performed on ploychromator 9~16.Feb 21 2008 11:19AM (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