Recent development of neutron and energetic-particle diagnostics for LHD deuterium discharges

Abstract

Abstract An integrated set of neutron diagnostics developed for the deuterium operation of the Large Helical Device (LHD) has been revealing behavior of energetic ions in three-dimensional plasmas, together with energetic-particle diagnostics. In order to obtain deeper understanding of physics related to energetic ions in the LHD, development of plasma diagnostics that can provide energy distribution of energetic ions is now being accelerated. Recent advances in development of the D-D neutron energy spectrometer, a neutral particle analyzer based on a single-crystal chemical vapor deposition diamond, and a tangential fast-ion Dα diagnostic for deuterium discharges of the LHD are described.