Comparison of electron temperature and density measured by helium line intensity ratio and Thomson scattering methods in ECH spherical tokamak plasma

Abstract

The electron temperature and density profiles in the midplane of a spherical tokamak plasma produced by ECH (Electron Cyclotron Heating) in QUEST (Q-shu University Experiment with Steady-State Spherical Tokamak) are measured by the helium line intensity ratio method. The measured profiles are compared with those obtained by the Thomson scattering method, and the measured temperatures and densities are found to agree within factors of ~2 and ~6, respectively. Taken together with the previous results of comparisons performed in the scrape-off layers of several toroidal devices, the same degree of agreement between the helium line intensity ratio method and other methods is obtained in the ranges of 7 eV to 100 eV for temperature and 4 x 1016 m-3 to 1 x 1019 m-3 for density.