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Incoherent Thomson scattering

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Thomson scattering is a very powerful diagnostic which is applied at nearly every magnetic confinement device. Depending on the experimental conditions different plasma parameters can be diagnosed. When the wave vector is much larger than the plasma Debye length, the total scattered power is obtained by an incoherent summation over the scattered powers of the individual electrons. The scattering spectrum in this case is a reflection of the electron velocity distribution, from which local values for the electron temperature and density, and in some special experimental set-ups also the local current density, can be derived.

Year of Publication
1996
Journal
Fusion Technology
Volume
29
Number
2T
Number of Pages
324-331
Date Published
Mar
ISBN Number
0748-1896
PId
782f96a23ab5638b6897a6d5658f0b69
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