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Upgrade of the neon soft X-ray spectrometer for Alcator C-Mod

Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2007. / "June 2007." / Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41). / In order to study plasma rotation, temperature, and impurity density, a Neon Soft X-ray Spectrometer (NeSoXs) was installed on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak. This spectrometer used a spherically bent mica crystal as the reflective element in order to separate the spectral and spatial information on the receiving CCD. The original NeSoXs was found to have several problems including vacuum quality, camera readout rate, crystal positioning, chamber size, and chamber positioning. In order to remedy these problems, a new system was designed and has been constructed. This system has achieved much better vacuum pumping times (-100 times faster) and is in the process of being installed on the Alcator C-Mod vessel. / by Yuri Anatoly Podpaly. / S.B.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/41680
Date January 2007
CreatorsPodpaly, Yuri Anatoly
ContributorsIan Hutchinson., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
PublisherMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Source SetsM.I.T. Theses and Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format44 p., application/pdf
RightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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