Measurement of ion flows using an ‘‘unmagnetized’’ Mach probe in the interchangeable module stellarator

A Mach probe is used to measure poloidal and toroidal flows induced by a biased electrode in IMS. Mach probe theories are reviewed and classified as either magnetized or unmagnetized. A simple geometric model of the IMS Mach probe shows that the variation of the effective probe area as a function of the probe orientation with respect to the magnetic field is 20%–25%, predicting the probe to be only slightly magnetized. Measurements of the variation in the total ion saturation current collected by the probe, as the angle with respect to the magnetic field is varied, demonstrate this level of magnetization only at low neutral pressure at large minor radius, while in other cases the variation in the total collected current is negligible. Based on this result an unmagnetized model [M. Hudis and L. M. Lidsky, J. Appl. Phys. 41, 5011 (1970)] is chosen to analyze the IMS Mach probe data. Comparison of Mach probe poloidal flow measurements as a function of minor radius to calculations of the E×B drift velocity an...

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