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Articolo in rivista, 2004, ENG

The diagnostic systems in the FTU

Tudisco, O; Apruzzese, GM; Buratti, P; Cantarini, L; Canton, A; Cocilovo, V; De Angelis, R; De Benedetti, M; Esposito, B; Gabellieri, L; Giovannozzi, E; Granucci, G; Grosso, LA; Grosso, G; Innocente, P; Kroegler, H; Leigheb, M; Monari, G; Pacella, D; Panaccione, L; Pericoli-Ridolfini, V; Pizzicaroli, G; Podda, S; Puiatti, ME; Rocchi, G; Sibio, A; Simonetto, A; Smeulders, P; Tartari, U; Tartoni, N;Tilia, B; Valisa, M; Zanza, V; Zerbini, M

Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, CR Frascati, Roma, Italy Associazione EURATOM-ENEA-CNR sulla Fusione Consorzio RFX, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35100, Padova, Italy Associazione EURATOM-ENEA-CNR sulla Fusione, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma Milano, Italy

The design of diagnostics for the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) is challenging because of the compact-ness of the machine (8-cm-wide ports) and the low op-erating temperatures requiring the presence of a cryostat. Nevertheless, a rather complete diagnostic system has been progressively installed. The basic systems include a set of magnetic probes, various visible and ultraviolet spectrometers, electron cyclotron emission (ECE) for elec-tron temperature profiles measurements and electron tails monitoring, far-infrared and CO2interferometry, X-ray (soft and hard) measurements, a multichord neutron di-agnostics (with different type detectors), and a Thomson scattering system. Some diagnostics specific to the FTU physics program have been used such as microwave re-flectometry for turbulence studies, edge-scanning Lang-muir probes for radio-frequency coupling assessment, oblique ECE, and a fast electron bremsstrahlung (FEB) camera for lower hybrid current drive-induced fast elec-tron tails. These systems are briefly reviewed in this paper. Further developments including a scanning CO2 laser two-color interferometer, two FEB cameras for tomo-graphic analysis, a motional Stark effect system, and a collective Thomson scattering system are also described.

Fusion science and technology 45 , pp. 402–421