A SPINNING MIRROR FOR FAST ANGULAR SCANS OF EBW EMISSION
This work was funded jointly by the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and by the European Communities under the contract of Association between EURATOM and UKAEA. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
Bernstein-extraordinary-ordinary mode-converted electron Bernstein wave (EBW) emission was angularly scanned at the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST). Radiometry along a rapidly steering line of sight sampled the conversion efficiency contours for various view angles. Here we describe the diagnostic, present the first results and illustrate their potential as an indirect measure of the q profile at the plasma edge.