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M. A. Ochando, F. Medina, B. Zurro, A. Baciero, K. J. McCarthy, M. A. Pedrosa, C. Hidalgo, E. Sánchez, J. Vega, A. B. Portas, L. M. Martínez-Fresno, HIBP Group, ECRH Group, NBI Group, TJ-II Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 50 | Number 2 | August 2006 | Pages 313-319
Technical Paper | Stellarators | dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST06-A1252
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Understanding the origin of asymmetries, either in plasma flows reaching the divertor region or in plasma emissivity from the confined volume, is a question of great interest in magnetic confined plasma research.In the TJ-II stellarator, a set of bolometer systems distributed around the vacuum chamber has been installed to monitor up-down and in-out radiation asymmetries that are observed in transitions to different confinement regimes. Although plasma emissivity is a complex magnitude, a comparison of signals from twin detectors placed at selected positions may be of help to distinguish between the different causes of asymmetry. Moreover, this is a nonperturbing method that is especially appropriate when plasma wall clearance is small.