The core imaging x-ray spectrometer (CIXS) is one of several ITER diagnostic systems planned for measurements of the central ion and electron temperature profiles and of the toroidal and poloidal rotation velocity profiles, T i , T e , v φ , and v θ respectively. The diagnostic is based on precision determinations of the Doppler broadening and centroid shift of the lines of highly ionized heavy impurities using a curved Bragg crystal spectral disperser and imager. In a departure from earlier designs, the CIXS employs a novel imaging geometry utilizing spherically bent crystals operating at a Bragg angle near 45 • , which spatially and spectrally resolves the x-ray emission from the plasma. In addition, the working radiation will be the L-shell emission of highly charged tungsten ions. Particular emphasis is placed on the strong 3d 5/2 → 2p 3/2 electric dipole transition in neon-like tungsten W 64+ . Here we present the conceptual design of the instrument, which may include an x-ray calorimeter, and discuss the spectral features used in future measurements.
The motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic on DIII-D has been expanded to take advantage of a change in the neutral beam geometry, adding 24 new MSE channels viewing a beam injected counter to the plasma current. When data from these channels are used with those from two older MSE arrays viewing a different beam, the overall radial resolution improves near the magnetic axis at least a factor of 2, and the uncertainty in calculations of vertical magnetic field and radial electric field decreases in the edge at least a factor of 4. The new design uses two optical systems mounted on the same vacuum port with a common shutter and shielding.
A combination of techniques has been used to examine the composition of smoke generated by landing aircraft. A sample of dust from the undercarriage from several commercial airliners was examined with SEM/EDX (Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive X-ray) to determine its elemental composition and also with an aerosizer/aerodisperser in order to measure the particle size spectrum. The observed size spectrum was bimodal with equal numbers of particles at peaks of aerodynamic diameter ∼10 μm and ∼50 μm. The EDX analysis suggested that the former peak is carbonaceous, while the latter consists of elements typical of an asphalt concrete runway. In the field, a scanning Lidar, in combination with optical and condensation particle counters, was deployed to obtain limits to the number concentration and size of such particles. Most of the (strong) Lidar signal probably arose from the coarser 50 μm aerosol, while respirable aerosol was too sparse to be detected by the optical particle counters.
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