Publication Type
Conference Paper
Journal Name
Review of Scientific Instruments
Publication Date
Page Numbers
001 to 003
Volume
85
Issue
11
Conference Name
20th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics (HTPD)
Conference Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Conference Date
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Abstract
Compact condensed-matter injection technologies are increasingly used in magnetic fusion. One recent application is in disruption mitigation. An imaging system with less-than-100-µm- and sub-µs-resolution is described and used to characterize intact and shattered cryogenic neon pellets. Shattered pellets contain fine particles ranging from tens of µm to about 7 mm. Time-of-flight analyses indicate that pellets could slow down if hitting the wall of the guide tube. Fast high-resolution imaging systems are thus useful to neon and other condensed-matter injector development.
