Magnetic diagnostics for equilibrium reconstruction and realtime plasma control in NSTX-Upgrade.

This paper describes aspects of magnetic diagnostics for realtime control in National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U). The sensor arrangement on the upgraded center column is described. New analog and digital circuitry for processing the plasma current Rogowski data are presented. An improved algorithm for estimating the plasma vertical velocity for feedback control is presented.

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