A mass resolved, high resolution neutral particle analyzer for C-2U.

Rev Sci Instrum

Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, USA.

Published: November 2016

C-2U is a high-confinement, advanced beam driven field-reversed configuration plasma experiment which sustains the configuration for >5 ms, in excess of typical MHD and fast particle instability times, as well as fast particle slowing down times. Fast particle dynamics are critical to C-2U performance and several diagnostics have been deployed to characterize the fast particle population, including neutron and proton detectors. To increase our understanding of fast particle behavior and supplement existing diagnostics, an E ∥ B neutral particle analyzer was installed, which simultaneously measures H and D flux with large dynamic range and high energy resolution. Here we report the commissioning of the E ∥ B analyzer, confirm the instrument has energy resolution ΔE/E≲0.1 and a dynamic range E/E∼30, and present measurements of initial testing on C-2U.

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