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Tangential mirror throat injection primarily fuels boundary
2.0 1e19
1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0
0.0
17.5 ms
18.5 ms
19.5 ms
20.5 ms
21.5 ms
22.5 ms
23.5 ms
24.5 ms
25.5 ms
8 6 4 2 0
midplane
1e18
mirror throat
Abel-inverted interf. Thomson scattering
0.2 0.4 0.6 Radius [m]
0.8
0.10
15.0 ms
25.0 ms
0.05
0.00 0.05 0.10 Y (Radius) [m]
• Tangential mirror throat gas injection starts at 17 ms.
• ne near axis continues to drop, increases outside ∼25 cm.
• Mirror throat ne profile becomes less peaked.
• Suggests ionization peaked off-axis.
Presenter: Erik Granstedt
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ne [m 3]
Mirror ne [m 3]