Results from a synthetic model of the ITER XRCS-Core diagnostic based on high-fidelity x-ray ray tracing

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Pablant, N. A. and Cheng, Z. and O’Mullane, M. and Gao, L. and Barnsley, R. and Bartlett, M. N. and Bitter, M. and Bourcart, E. and Brown, G. V. and De Bock, M. and Delgado-Aparicio, L. F. and Dunn, C. and Fairchild, A. J. and Hell, N. and Hill, K. W. and Klabacha, J. and Kraus, F. and Lu, D. and Magesh, P. B. and Mishra, S. and Sánchez del Río, M. and Tieulent, R. and Yakusevich, Y. (2024) Results from a synthetic model of the ITER XRCS-Core diagnostic based on high-fidelity x-ray ray tracing. Review of Scientific Instruments, 95 (8). 083517. ISSN 0034-6748 (https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0219328)

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Abstract

A high-fidelity synthetic diagnostic has been developed for the ITER core x-ray crystal spectrometer diagnostic based on x-ray ray tracing. This synthetic diagnostic has been used to model expected performance of the diagnostic, to aid in diagnostic design, and to develop engineering tolerances. The synthetic model is based on x-ray ray tracing using the recently developed XICSRT ray tracing code and includes a fully three-dimensional representation of the diagnostic based on the computer aided design. The modeled components are: plasma geometry and emission profiles, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite pre-reflectors, spherically bent crystals, and pixelated x-ray detectors. Plasma emission profiles have been calculated for Xe44+, Xe47+, and Xe51+, based on an ITER operational scenario available through the Integrated Modelling & Analysis Suite database, and modeled within the ray tracing code as a volumetric x-ray source; the shape of the plasma source is determined by equilibrium geometry and an appropriate wavelength distribution to match the expected ion temperature profile. All individual components of the x-ray optical system have been modeled with high-fidelity producing a synthetic detector image that is expected to closely match what will be seen in the final as-built system. Particular care is taken to maintain preservation of photon statistics throughout the ray tracing allowing for quantitative estimates of diagnostic performance.

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Pablant, N. A., Cheng, Z., O’Mullane, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2160-4546, Gao, L., Barnsley, R., Bartlett, M. N., Bitter, M., Bourcart, E., Brown, G. V., De Bock, M., Delgado-Aparicio, L. F., Dunn, C., Fairchild, A. J., Hell, N., Hill, K. W., Klabacha, J., Kraus, F., Lu, D., Magesh, P. B., Mishra, S., Sánchez del Río, M., Tieulent, R. and Yakusevich, Y.;

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https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00090290
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