Method of measuring local plasma parameters with the aid of a beam of fast atoms
Kudryavtsev A.M. , Sorokin A.F.
A method is described for measuring the ion distribution function in a small fraction of the plasma volume, and of measuring the spatial profile of the plasma density by means of the atoms produced by charge exchange of the plasma ions with the fast atoms of the diagnostic beam. Results of measurements in an open trap with crossed Ε and Η fields are presented.