Current status of high k scattering system J. Kim 1, Y. Ren 2, K-C. Lee 3 and R. Kaita 2 1) POSTECH 2) PPPL 3) UC Davis NSTX Monday Physics Meeting LSB-318, PPPL July 27, 2009 NSTX Supported by College W&M Colorado Sch Mines Columbia U CompX General Atomics INEL Johns Hopkins U LANL LLNL Lodestar MIT Nova Photonics New York U Old Dominion U ORNL PPPL PSI Princeton U Purdue U SNL Think Tank, Inc. UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD U Colorado U Illinois U Maryland U Rochester U Washington U Wisconsin Culham Sci Ctr U St. Andrews York U Chubu U Fukui U Hiroshima U Hyogo U Kyoto U Kyushu U Kyushu Tokai U NIFS Niigata U U Tokyo JAEA Hebrew U Ioffe Inst RRC Kurchatov Inst TRINITI KBSI KAIST POSTECH ASIPP ENEA, Frascati CEA, Cadarache IPP, Jülich IPP, Garching ASCR, Czech Rep U Quebec
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Topics related to high k system performance Upgrade for remote control of optics Data acquisition system Status of Channel 3 Scattered signal Noise
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Status of Remote Control Upgrade for remote control of optics –Launch Mirror horizontal sweep X Need to purchase new drive component to provide higher torque –Launch Mirror vertical sweep O (operational) –Collection Mirror horizontal sweep O (operational) –Exit Window Mirror horizontal sweep O (operational) –Exit Window Mirror vertical sweep X Not needed –Attenuation control X Under design
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Improvement of Data Acquisition System DAQ Related to order data from digitizers were archived after each shot –After adding another D-tAcq board for FIReTIP to the high k pc, DAQ errors occurred more frequently than before. Task Force figured out the problem immediately and effectively. Related to order data from digitizers were archived after each shot
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Status of Channel 3 Mixer for Channel 3 not working –No replacement at PPPL or UC Davis –Mixer sent to UC Davis for repairs All four other channels operational
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Issues with Scattered Signal No problem in getting scattered signal –Alignment of system being checked periodically
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Scattered signal Wed, Jul 22, 2009 (XMP26) R~ 120 cm
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, Scattered signal (continued) Fri, Jul 24, 2009 (XMP26) R~ 120 cm
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, 2009 Scattered signal (continued) Mon, Jul 27, 2009 (XP916) R~ 120 cm
NSTX NSTX Monday Physics Meeting – Current status of High k (Kim)July 27, 2009 High-k Noise High-k has bursting >1 MHz noise. The high-k noise spectra resemble that of a scattering signal. Ch1 Ch2