Diagnostic applications of the TFTR XIS system

The horizontal x-ray imaging system (XIS) on the tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR) tokamak is an array of 64 silicon surface-barrier x-ray diodes, with a 2.5-cm spatial resolution. The XIS system is primarily used to study magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities, but has also been used to measure electron thermal diffusivity, electron temperature, the radius of the q=1 surface, plasma vertical position, and toroidal rotation of the plasma. Movable absorber-foil arrays provide energy selection. Bandpass analog filters and digital techniques have been used on the x-ray signals in an attempt to infer turbulence levels in the plasmas. Details of the above techniques will be presented.