Closed eldond closed 10 months ago
Questions:
a) Is the path length in 4. same as the defined "path length in plasma" in 3.? b) If yes, does that mean that we average over a shorter path length even though interferometer integrates over the whole distance (far SOL, SOL, core, and back) because most contribution is assumed to come from the core?
a) yes b) if there were significant density in the SOL, assuming the path length is core-only would produce an error. The truth is the line integral. Converting it into an average is convenient to look at because the units become compatible with other density measurements. It's usually fine. If you happen to think of a clever way of checking for significant error in the path length assumption (maybe comparisons of chords in different locations?), we could add that.
Actually, my earlier comment is based on experience with interferometers that don't pass through the divertor. I wonder what's being done with newer designs that do go through the divertor. The WEST tokamak has such an interferometer chord, for example.
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