First spatially resolved measurements of the D-3He α-particle source with the upgraded JET gamma-ray camera

E Panontin; D Rigamonti; M Nocente; A Dal Molin; A Broslawski; T Craciunescu; G Croci; N Cruz; J Figueiredo; L Giacomelli; G Gorini; M Gosk; G Kaveney; Ye O Kazakov; V Kiptily; S Korolczuk; G Marcer; A Murari; E Perelli Cippo; M Salewski; A Urban; I Zychor; M Tardocchi; JET Contributors

doi:10.1063/5.0043776

First spatially resolved measurements of the D-³He α-particle source with the upgraded JET gamma-ray camera

Rev Sci Instrum. 2021 May 1;92(5):053529. doi: 10.1063/5.0043776.

Authors

E Panontin¹, D Rigamonti², M Nocente¹, A Dal Molin¹, A Broslawski³, T Craciunescu⁴, G Croci¹, N Cruz⁵, J Figueiredo⁵, L Giacomelli², G Gorini¹, M Gosk³, G Kaveney⁶, Ye O Kazakov⁷, V Kiptily⁶, S Korolczuk³, G Marcer¹, A Murari⁸, E Perelli Cippo², M Salewski⁹, A Urban³, I Zychor³, M Tardocchi²; JET Contributors¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy.
² Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 20126 Milano, Italy.
³ Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock-Swierk, Poland.
⁴ National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 077125 Magurele-Bucharest, Romania.
⁵ Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
⁶ Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, OX14 3EB Culham, United Kingdom.
⁷ Laboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ EUROfusion Programme Management Unit, Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB Abingdon, United Kingdom.
⁹ Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
¹⁰ Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, ItalyIstituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 20126 Milano, ItalyNarodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock-Swierk, PolandNational Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 077125 Magurele-Bucharest, RomaniaInstituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, PortugalEUROfusion Programme Management Unit, Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB Abingdon, United KingdomCulham Centre for Fusion Energy, OX14 3EB Culham, United KingdomLaboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS, 1000 Brussels, BelgiumConsorzio RFX (CNR, ENEA, INFN, Universita' di Padova, Acciaierie Venete SpA), 35127 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

PMID: 34243238
DOI: 10.1063/5.0043776

Abstract

The Joint European Torus (JET) gamma-ray camera has been recently upgraded with the installation of new gamma-ray detectors, based on LaBr₃(Ce) scintillation crystals, which add spectroscopic capability to the existing system allowing measurements with good energy resolution (5% at 0.622 MeV), a dynamic range from hundreds of keV up to about 30 MeV, and high counting rate capabilities of MCps. First gamma-ray measurements during the C38 campaign of the JET have been successfully carried out, in particular, in D-³He plasmas from three-ion ion cyclotron resonance heating experiments, where the detection of 16.4 MeV γ-rays from D + ³He → γ + ⁵Li reactions with the gamma-ray camera upgrade allowed determining the spatial profile of alpha particles born in D + ³He fusion reactions.