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Miniproposal:538
Date Filed: 2/21/2008
Title:Er Profile Studies
First Author:Rachael Mcdermott
Session Leader:Rachael Mcdermott (shots 1-32)

Operators
Session leader(s):Rachael Mcdermott
Physics operator(s):Jim Irby
Engineering operator(s):Sam Pierson,Bill Byford,Ed Fitzgerald

Engineering Operator Run Comment
Day 1 of MP 538 Er Profile Studies Session Leader: Rachael McDermott PO:

Session Leader Plans
Entered: Mar 20 2008 06:29:02:713PM
Author: Rachael Mcdermott
Day 1 of MP 538 Er Profile Studies

Session Leader: Rachael McDermott
PO: J. Irby

Goal: The purpose of this experiment is to study th radial and temporal behavior of the edge radial electric field before and during L-H transistions in order to characterize the role the field plays in the transition and the effect the structure of the field has on H-mode confinement.

Approach:
Run forward field dischargers in LSN and USN inducing L-H transitions in each using ICRF power. Discharges will be run at two different currents, 800kA and 1.1MA. ICRF power will be used to change the stored energy of the H-mode on a shot to shot basis. The average triangularity will be changed (shot=to-shot) at each current to change the type of H-mode acheived from EDA to ELM-free. The EDA shots will be attempted first, to take advantage of the boronization.

Enable Ninja puffing for innerwal CXRS, enable DNB timing 40ms high, 20ms low
Enable Argon puffing: starting at 100miliseconds @ 1psi and adjust as necessary for Hirex signal and H-mode preservation.


Shot List:
LSN Starting equilbria 1080228018, with a few changes (No change in triangularity through out the shot)

Starting average triangularity =0.44 delta_upper~0.34 delta_lower~0.53
Target shots desired:
1) Ip=800kA, nl04=0.8*10^20 m^-2, flat ICRF power, just over threshold power starting at 0.7s to 1.5s

2) Ip=800kA, nl04=0.8*10^20 m^-2, flat ICRF power, max available starting at 0.7s to 1.5s

3)Ip=1.1MA, nl04=0.8*10^20 m^-2, flat ICRF power, just over threshold power starting at 0.7s to 1.5s (TRY for EDA, if current is too high drop to 1.0MA)

4) Ip=1.1MA, nl04=0.8*10^20 m^-2, flat ICRF power, max available starting at 0.7s to 1.5s


ELM-free Portion
Average triangularity reduced to =0.33
attempt this by moving delta_lower primarily to keep LCFS position roughly the same for TS diagnostic

Repeat the 4 target discharges above, this time trying for ELM-free H-modes

Time allowing:

Switch to USN,
Target Discharges 1 & 2







Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Mar 21 2008 07:57:15:203AM
Author: Jim Irby
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Engineering Setup
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Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00

Power systems as on: 1080228018

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

Gas setup
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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): yes
ICRF(yes/no): yes
LH(yes/no): no
DNB(yes/no): yes
Cryopump (yes/no): no

Vessel temperature: 35/35/35

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Boronization Parameters
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See SL Plan

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Mar 21 2008 06:59:34:297PM
Author: Rachael Mcdermott
This was a really good run day. We got some really good data and accomplished a fair portion of the run plan.

Of 32 discharges we had 30 plasmas, 2 fizzles, and 1 or 2 diruptions.

The EDA portion of the run plan was completed, though the RF was not very steady for the high power shots. Still, EDA's at two different currents were obtained at a variety of stored energies, and the CXRS data in the EDA's was very good.

The attempt to change the type of H-mode acheived by changing the triangularity of the plasma from 0.44 to 0.33 was not successful. Perhaps because we did not reduce the triangularity by enough or perhaps because the edge q was too high.
The ELM-free portion of the run was accomplished by going to higher current. The ELM-free target with the lower RF power was acheived, but unfortunately, due to the loss of J-port, the high power ELM-free case could not be run. Additionally, the USN portion was not attempted for the same reason. The initial ELM-free H-modes obtained were a bit too short lived to get really good CXRS data in them, and for some reason the CXRS signal in the middle of an ELM-free H-mode seems to be reduced compared to the beginning or end of the same ELM-free, which makes it hard to track changes through out the entire life time of the H-mode. On shots 27 and 28 the target density was increased from 0.8 to 0.9 which improved the life time of the ELM-free H-modes by almost a factor of two. The CXRS data obtained in these H-modes was much clearer.

The QC mode during the EDA's was very clear on both the reflectometry and the PCI, and on several shots it showed a shift in frequency correlated with changes in stored energy. This change in frequency also correlated with changes in the poloidal velocity. An increase in poloidal velocity correlated with a decrease in QC mode freq. and visa versa.

The CXRS temperatures agreed very well with the TS data in both magnitude and position, which is a nice change from the uncertainty of last summer.





Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Mar 22 2008 08:17:49:057AM
Author: Jim Irby
Machine ran well. We had two fizzles, shot 01 and 04, both caused by too much gas. It took about 10 discharges to get good EDAs and bring up the icrf. An injection caused a disruption on shot 14. We had a 150 ms discharge on shot 22 that was either killed by an injection, or some type of fueling issue. The plasma current rose properly, but the density did not. CII was high for this discharge by 10 ms. We incrementally scanned the upper and lower triangularity today with adjustments in RXL and RXU. Upper triagularity range from 0.33 to 0.30; lower from 0.53 to 0.40. Shot 29 was a locked mode rotation calibration shot.

We were able to produce very good EDA plasmas throughout the entire run today; possibly because of the reduced icrf Joules injected.

We lost a bias supply in the FMIT#3 on shot 24. Should have parts to replace on Monday.

We lost some data from shot 26 to 30. Seemed to have been a CAMAC highway problem. It was fixed on shot 31.

We ran the LN2 pump at 6 psi most of the day (8 to 10 psi is normal). We were then able to run w/o the vacuum leak that has occurred recently on several runs. The vessel temperature only dropped to 20C or so while at this low pump speed. We also had no cell oxygen alarms and cell access could be done quickly. The down side is 14 to 16 minute cooldown times. Still, we were able to run 32 shot cycles.

No ECDC this weekend. Why mess with a nicely conditioned wall. Bake at 60C.


Two fizzles, and 30 plasmas


Session Leader Comments
Mar 21 2008 08:44:33:483AMRachael McdermottBoth CXRS cameras runnning, no errors
Neon lamp on.
Poloidal Shutter Open
Mar 21 2008 09:15:23:297AM1080321001Rachael Mcdermottfizzle
Mar 21 2008 09:18:45:470AM1080321002Rachael McdermottPlasma.

Next shot RF ramp from 0.7s t0 1.5s to find H-mode threshold ]
CXRS cameras are good.
Good beam signal on both toroidal and poloidal periscope
Mar 21 2008 09:59:10:983AM1080321003Rachael Mcdermottattempted ICRF ramp, didn't happen

Mar 21 2008 09:58:48:313AM1080321004Rachael Mcdermottfizzle
Mar 21 2008 10:13:44:420AM1080321005Rachael McdermottBetter ICRF, no h-mode, try again next shot
changed beam timing to 60ms high 30ms low, until we get the H-mode we want.

Mar 21 2008 10:30:11:140AM1080321006Rachael McdermottH-mode! Doesn't look too bad either.
At T=1s @1.1MW of RF power
Next shot: flat RF pulse from t=.7 to 1.5s at 1.2MW.

Triangularity during the H-mode, stayed pretty flat. yay.

Decent, CX data
Mar 21 2008 10:40:04:390AM1080321007Rachael Mcdermotth-mode, but not the steady eda I'm looking for.

comes in late, turning up icrf to 1.5mw to try and pop in faster.

Mar 21 2008 11:01:43:000AM1080321008Rachael Mcdermottnicer, CX data is good, clear poloidal velocity well.
rf still having trouble
repeat this shot until we get it steady

Mar 21 2008 11:23:04:250AM1080321009Rachael McdermottGood shot, Rf dropping out when pressure gets too high, hope that will clean up

Some good cx data, 40kv/m er well from poloidal alone

I have the data I need at this target. Moving to the higher current target, Ip=1.1MA, try for the EDA again. ICRF=1.5MW


Mar 21 2008 11:33:18:873AM1080321010Rachael Mcdermottsame as shot 9, also good. next shot moving to 1.1MA

really nice poloidal pedestal data
Mar 21 2008 11:44:39:187AM1080321011Rachael McdermottIp=1.1MA
No H-mode this time.

Raising the power to 2MW and trying again.




Mar 21 2008 11:58:40:813AM1080321012Rachael McdermottIp=1.1MA Got the H-Mode but not the kind we want! ELm-free, call is an extra data point for part two of this experiment.


Drop the current to 1.0MA and try for the EDA again. Keep power the same.


There is a pretty strong Qc mode in these "elm-free" I think they wanted to be EDAs.





Mar 21 2008 12:11:45:470PM1080321013Rachael McdermottMuch nicer.
Run this one more time and hope the RF cleans up

The poloidal velocity wells are not noticibly different or deeper than those from shot 8-10

Repeat this shot, then move to the higher power portion.
Mar 21 2008 12:19:26:640PM1080321014Rachael McdermottDisruption. ouch.

Mar 21 2008 12:43:39:953PM1080321015Rachael McdermottMuch better!

Very nice poloidal velocity data! Clean toroidal data as well.

Next shot Ip=1MA incrase RF power to 3MW moving to 3+MW for 250ms at the end
Mar 21 2008 01:05:07:233PM1080321016Rachael McdermottGorgeous! Poloidal velocity well, changing with changing stored energy, increaseing to 20km/s or more. ~ 80kv/m just from Vpol.

Go back to 800KA, and try for similar stored energy.

There's a down shift in the frequency of the QC mode at about 1.1s. At the same time there is an increase in the depth of the Er well due to the poloidal velocity term.


Mar 21 2008 01:18:46:390PM1080321017Rachael McdermottGood shot.

Do it again, but drop the RF power to 3.5MW, and try for steady EDA with st

Clear indications poloidal velocity follows stored energy
Mar 21 2008 05:03:54:267PM1080321018Rachael McdermottThere is a funny variation in the right gap, delta_upper, and everything else that is not correlated with the RF. We'll try this shot one more time, and then move on to the ELM-free portion of this MP.

Very clear change in poloidal velocities tracking the stored energy, and correlated with the changes in QC frequency.
Mar 21 2008 01:37:34:093PM1080321019Rachael McdermottBack half of this H-mode is really nice, should give me the stored energy comparison I was looking for with sh13.

Moving to the ELM-free portion of the plan, changing delta_ave to 0.33
cross your fingers

Mar 21 2008 01:47:10:593PM1080321019Rachael McdermottBack half of this H-mode is really nice, should give me the stored energy comparison I was looking for with sh13.

toroidal data, was pretty lousy on this shot however.

Moving to the ELM-free portion of the plan, changing delta_ave to 0.33
cross your fingers

Mar 21 2008 02:07:41:973PM1080321020Rachael McdermottBeautiful EDA, W=90kJ , unfortunately, the goal was ELM-free!
Decreasing the triangularity further
Mar 21 2008 02:46:59:720PM1080321023Rachael McdermottGetting closer to ELM-free, but not there yet. Give this method one more shot, dropping lower triangularity even further, down to 0.37 and see if we get the Elm-free, otherwise raise the current.

Mar 21 2008 03:08:15:203PM1080321024Rachael McdermottGot the target average triangularity, but did not get ELM free H-mode.
Giving up on this approach, going to Ip=1.2MA.

Lost J-port. RF=2MW flat pulse

CX data too noisy on this shot, too much changing too quickly.
Mar 21 2008 03:18:27:797PM1080321025Rachael McdermottIp=1.2MA got a couple of ELM-free H-modes

Don't have the beam timing in the Elm-free i want.

repeat this shot
Jul 14 2008 12:55:26:613PM1080321025Rachael McdermottIp=1.2MA got a couple of ELM-free H-modes

Don't have the beam timing in the Elm-free i want.

repeat this shot

don't believe passive pedestal and SOL measurements- there is something distorting the spectra -edge localized on both pol. and tor.

Mar 21 2008 03:48:02:627PM1080321026Rachael McdermottStill having trouble pulling out data from these Elm frees and they are pretty long lived.

try once more, then go back to EDA plasmas.
Mar 21 2008 03:57:11:437PM1080321027Rachael McdermottGood shot.

Repeat this shot once more.

Mar 21 2008 04:13:07:063PM1080321028Rachael McdermottAnother great shot.
Good CX profiles

Next: run Lock mode shot for Hirex



Mar 21 2008 04:30:48:640PM1080321029Rachael McdermottSuccessful lock mode shot for the hirex boys
Go back to shot 19: Ip=800kA, and change RF power within a shot from 1.5 to 2.5MW
Mar 21 2008 04:40:54:343PM1080321030Rachael McdermottBeam died!
Ran the wrong shot. lock mode shot again (accidently)
We'll get it right next time.
Mar 21 2008 04:57:31:627PM1080321031Rachael McdermottGood shot, nice EDA again at the end of the day!!
Frequency shift on the QC mode when the extra power is put in.

next shot, same thing, but switch RF power from high to low.

Physics Operator Comments
Mar 21 2008 11:15:04:093AM1080321001Jim Irbyno cryopump
no argon for first shot or two
GV1 closed until stack cleans up following RGA filament replacement

load from 1080228018
loaded successfully

nl_04 target request to 8e19/m^2
Ip from 1000kA to 800kA
loaded

prefill from 55 to 25 ms
loaded

Sam noted that A-coil setup was not normal setup for 1080228 run. Steve noted that the programming for the coils needed to be set back to normal configuration also. Now back to normal.
loaded
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fizzle --- too much gas






Mar 21 2008 09:23:06:000AM1080321002Jim Irbyprefill from 25 to 20 ms
loaded

plasma into rampdown

delta_u variation from 0.7 to 1.5 s, 0.3 to 0.32
delta_l variation 0.50 0.53
Mar 21 2008 09:48:36:843AM1080321003Jim Irbyrxl currently has a ramp from 0.005 to -.005 over time of interest
rxl at 0.917 s from -0.005 to -0.003 m
loaded

trying to have rf this shot --- problem with rf monitor fixed

plasma into rampdown --- delta_l slightly flatter


Mar 21 2008 10:01:12:360AM1080321004Jim Irbytrimmed rxl again to make it rise faster and then level off (I hope)
loaded

fizzle --- gas!

Almost no Ip rise --- current rise was very slow in shot 03
Mar 21 2008 10:22:13:483AM1080321005Jim Irbyprefill from 20 to 17 ms
loaded

plasma into rampdown --- delta_l somewhat flatter




Mar 21 2008 10:27:20:000AM1080321006Jim Irbyno dpcs changes

plasma into rampdown --- delta_l between 0.52 and 0.53 from 1s
Ip rate of rise increasing somewhat shot-to-shot


Mar 21 2008 10:42:57:640AM1080321007Jim Irbyargon enabled from 0.3 to 0.4 s
loaded

plasma into rampdown

prefill a little higher than on 06


Mar 21 2008 11:01:48:000AM1080321008Jim Irbyno dpcs changes

plasma into rampdown --- MARFE early --- l-to-h a little sooner

almost lost it at 0.11 s when the MARFE popped up


Mar 21 2008 11:15:41:140AM1080321009Jim Irbyno dpcs changes

plasma --- nice steady h-mode, but short

neutral pressure a little high for icrf
Mar 21 2008 11:23:30:720AM1080321010Jim Irbyrepeat

plasma into rampdown

going to to 1.1 MA
Mar 21 2008 11:43:38:547AM1080321011Jim IrbyRachael is happy with step 1, we are moving to step 3

Ip to 1100kA
loaded

GV1 opened --- mass 18 below 1.7e-8

p into rd --- no h-mode

seeking advice from Amanda....




Mar 21 2008 11:49:29:577AM1080321012Jim Irbyincrease rf power a little

plasma but elm-free h-modes

drop Ip for next shot...
Mar 21 2008 12:16:07:470PM1080321013Jim IrbyIp from 1100 to 1000kA
loaded

plasma --- h-modes look good, but icrf still faulting


Mar 21 2008 12:19:50:873PM1080321014Jim Irbyno dpcs changes

plasma for 0.58 s ---- injection


Mar 21 2008 12:36:09:390PM1080321015Jim Irbyprefill was already getting too low on shot 14. Not sure how much to lower prefill for this shot following the disruption but
prefill from 17 to 15 ms
loaded

plasma into rampdown --- MARFE returns --- current rise faster


Mar 21 2008 12:49:53:517PM1080321016Jim Irbyprefill from 15 to 18 ms
loaded

increase icrf power

plasma into rampdown --- beautiful h-mode --- Rachael claims h-factor of 2


Mar 21 2008 01:00:44:017PM1080321017Jim IrbyIp from 1000kV to 800kV
loaded

plasma into rampdown --- good h-mode
Mar 21 2008 01:29:51:453PM1080321018Jim Irbyprefill from 18 to 20 ms
loaded

slowed down density rise before 0.40 s --- help with MARFE?

I asked earlier to drop LN2 pump to 6 psi to reduce probability of a leak. This change has slowed up down to a 16 minute cooldown time (vessel now at 21C). Will up pressure next shot.

plasma into rampdown --- MARFE much reduced, at least for this shot

target density still good

large oscillation in RXL and triangularity with rf turn on?? Was not seen at lower rf power.

Mar 21 2008 02:00:45:610PM1080321019Jim Irbyrepeat

plasma into rampdown --- Rachael is happy with this condition
Mar 21 2008 02:10:18:050PM1080321020Jim Irbytriangularity change attemps:
delta_l from 0.52 to 0.40
delta_u from 0.33 to 0.31
made large changes to RXL and RXU of approx the right magnitude

plasma into rampdown, but beautiful eda

delta_l 0.46
delta_u 0.32

Mar 21 2008 02:23:15:357PM1080321021Jim Irbyincreased RXL about another 0.01 m
increased RXU a few more mm
loaded

plasma 1.26 s

radiation up at 1.21 s
strike point climbing up the wall near end

delta_l 0.43
delta_u 0.32

Mar 21 2008 02:36:36:267PM1080321022Jim IrbyRXL and RXU trimmed again
loaded

prefill from 20 to 17 ms
loaded

plasma for about 150 ms??
density didn't rise properly --- lots of radiation

Mar 21 2008 02:49:56:830PM1080321023Jim Irbyprefill from 17 to 20 ms

plasma into rampdown


Mar 21 2008 03:02:23:813PM1080321024Jim Irbymore tweaking on RXU and RXL
loaded

plasma into rampdown

somewhat lower triangularity

still eda


Mar 21 2008 03:24:08:297PM1080321025Jim Irbyload seg2 from seg2 of 1080321018
Ip to 1200kA
loaded

vessel temp 20C --- ln2 pump to 7 psi from 6 psi
lost bias supply in FMIT#3 on shot 24 --- down until next week

plasma into rampdown --- elm-free



Mar 21 2008 03:35:51:673PM1080321026Jim Irbyprefill from 20 to 21 ms

plasma into rampdown --- current rise better, no H-alpha thrash


Mar 21 2008 04:07:01:127PM1080321027Jim Irbytry to get longer elm-free period
nl_04 from 0.8 to 0.9e20/m^2
loaded

plasma into rampdown --- elm-free period longer


Mar 21 2008 04:10:21:780PM1080321028Jim Irbyprefill to 23 from 22 ms --- single thrash on last shot
loaded

p into rd --- current rise better --- no thrash




Mar 21 2008 04:29:35:187PM1080321029Jim Irbyswitch from seg2 to seg3 --- locked mode calibration shot
loaded
icrf requested to be off for this shot

plasma --- locked at 0.68 s


Mar 21 2008 04:45:53:330PM1080321030Jim Irbynote that we have had a highway problem since about shot 26 --- lost reflectometry, ece...

Import seg2 from 1080323019 into seg2 --- 800 kA

icrf 1.5 MW with jump to 2.5 MW

forgot to switch back to seg2




Mar 21 2008 04:56:52:203PM1080321031Jim Irbyseg3 off, seg2 on
loaded

plasma --- nice steps in the icrf



Mar 21 2008 05:11:42:313PM1080321032Jim Irbyrepeat dpsc

change icrf --- step high to low

plasma into rampdown --- long eda on last shot



Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:55:28:123AMPlasmaOk
209:12:45:110AMPlasmaOk
309:34:40:250AMPlasmaOk
409:50:46:000AMPlasmaOk
510:03:16:220AMPlasmaOk
610:17:58:640AMPlasmaOk
710:31:28:280AMPlasmaOk
810:49:18:420AMPlasmaOk
911:01:53:123AMPlasmaOk
1011:18:10:720AMPlasmaOk
1111:31:33:220AMPlasmaOk
1211:45:58:640AMPlasmaOk
1312:00:43:500PMPlasmaOk
1412:15:00:970PMPlasmaOk
1512:29:22:517PMPlasmaOk
1612:43:16:343PMPlasmaOk
1712:56:37:453PMPlasmaOk
1801:14:54:577PMPlasmaOk
1901:31:24:577PMPlasmaOk
2002:00:45:733PMPlasmaOk
2102:13:34:120PMPlasmaOk
2202:26:05:217PMPlasmaOk
2302:40:18:640PMPlasmaOk
2402:56:32:280PMPlasmaOk
2503:14:23:250PMPlasmaOk
2603:29:41:423PMPlasmaOk
2703:46:56:610PMPlasmaOk
2804:03:05:157PMPlasmaOk
2904:20:02:657PMPlasmaOk
3004:36:49:423PMPlasmaOk
3104:51:07:030PMPlasmaOk
3205:04:33:687PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Mar 21 2008 08:55:19:563AM
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 has a grounded channel which is disrupting the whole array OFFLINE for now. Midplane foils working fine, but need to fill tree with calibrations. 2D AXUV arrays are being digitized but need further debugging and calibration.Mar 14 2008 11:09AM (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
ReflectometeryesSystem is connected....there have been problems with getting data on the week of 3/18-3/20, but the system seems to be OK for 3/21. channels 50,60,88 and 110 are connected.Mar 21 2008 08:12AM (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 YAG1 based on ECE cutoff data taken on Mar11. YAG2 is offline. Mar 14 2008 09:59AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
TS - EdgeyesSystem is working with 3 out of 4 spectral channels and should be believable for Te>50eV, ne>3e19. Density is calibrated from both Raman scattering in D2 (3/2/08) and from edge ECE cutoffs in high-density H-modes (1080228014).Mar 17 2008 10:26AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XTOMOyessystem operational, but channels have been dying...stay tuned.Mar 14 2008 11:10AM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke