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Advances in the FTU collective Thomson scattering system

Cristian Galperti, Gabriele Grosso
2016
Conference Papers

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The new collective Thomson scattering diagnostic installed on the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade device started its first operations in 2014. The ongoing experiments investigate the presence of signals synchronous with rotating tearing mode islands, possibly due to parametric decay processes, and phenomena affecting electron cyclotron beam absorption or scattering measurements. The radiometric system, diagnostic layout, and data acquisition system were improved accordingly. The present status and near-term developments of the diagnostic are presented.

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Cristian Galperti, Gabriele Grosso
2016
Conference Papers

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/196e21e9-31c2-40a9-8240-374594c8752c

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