The optimum scheme for geometric phase measurement in EAST Tokamak is proposed in this paper. The theoretical values of geometric phase for the probe beams of EAST Polarimeter-Interferometer (POINT) system are calculated by path integration in parameter space. Meanwhile, the influences of some controllable parameters on geometric phase are evaluated. The feasibility and challenge of distinguishing geometric effect in the POINT signal are also assessed in detail.
A model for tokamak discharge through deep learning has been done on a superconducting long-pulse tokamak (EAST). This model can use the control signals (i.e. Neutral Beam Injection (NBI), Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH), etc) to model normal discharge without the need for doing real experiments. By using the data-driven methodology, we exploit the temporal sequence of control signals for a large set of EAST discharges to develop a deep learning model for modeling discharge diagnostic signals, such as electron density $n_{e}$, store energy $W_{mhd}$ and loop voltage $V_{loop}$. Comparing the similar methodology, we use Machine Learning techniques to develop the data-driven model for discharge modeling rather than disruption prediction. Up to 95% similarity was achieved for $W_{mhd}$. The first try showed promising results for modeling of tokamak discharge by using the data-driven methodology. The data-driven methodology provides an alternative to physical-driven modeling for tokamak discharge modeling.
Evolution of electron temperature, electron density and its fluctuation with high spatial and temporal resolutions are presented for the cold pulse propagation induced by super-sonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) in ohmic plasmas in the EAST tokamak. The non-local heat transport occurs for discharges with plasma current $I_p$=450 kA ($q_{95}sim5.55$), and electron density $n_{e0}$ below a critical value of $(1.35pm0.25)times10^{19}~mathrm{m^{-3}}$. In contrary to the response of core electron temperature and electron density (roughly 10 ms after SMBI), the electron density fluctuation in the plasma core increases promptly after SMBI and reaches its maximum around 15 ms after SMBI. The electron density fluctuation in the plasma core begins to decrease before the core electron temperature reaches its maximum (roughly 30 ms). It was also observed that the turbulence perpendicular velocity close to the inversion point of the temperature perturbation changes sign after SMBI.
The characteristics of wall recycling with different divertor configurations were investigated in this study, focusing on the observations of the spatial distributions of deuterium atomic emissions in the Balmer series (D_{alpha}, D_{beta}, D_{gamma}, and D_{delta}) with different magnetic field configurations in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. The observed D_{alpha} and D_{beta} emissions were primarily relatively close to the divertor targets, while the D_{gamma} and D_{delta} emissions were primarily relatively close to the X-point. The distributions of the emissions close to the divertor targets and X-point changed differently depending on the divertor configuration. These experimental results indicate that the linear comparison of parameters based on an assumption of similarity of profile shapes in different configurations is insufficient for understanding particle recycling in divertor plasmas. This is because the shape of the density profile of the recycled deuterium atoms and/or the electron density and temperature may change when the magnetic configuration is altered.
A geometric phase is found to arise from the cyclic adiabatic variation of the crossed magnetic and electric fields which sustain the Brillouin rotation of a plasma column. The expression of the gauge field associated with this geometric phase accumulation is explicited. The physical origin of this phase is shown to be the uncompensated inductive electric field drift that stems from magnetic field cyclic variations. Building on this result, the effect of a weak, periodic and adiabatic modulation of the axial magnetic field on the particle guiding center drift motion is demonstrated to be equivalent to that of a perpendicular electric field, allowing to study the gauge induced Brillouin flow through a geometrically equivalent linear radial electric field. This finding opens new perspectives to drive plasma rotation and hints at possible applications of this basic effect.
Berrys geometric phase naturally appears when a quantum system is driven by an external field whose parameters are slowly and cyclically changed. A variation in the coupling between the system and the external field can also give rise to a geometric phase, even when the field is in the vacuum state or any other Fock state. Here we demonstrate the appearance of a vacuum-induced Berry phase in an artificial atom, a superconducting transmon, interacting with a single mode of a microwave cavity. As we vary the phase of the interaction, the artificial atom acquires a geometric phase determined by the path traced out in the combined Hilbert space of the atom and the quantum field. Our ability to control this phase opens new possibilities for the geometric manipulation of atom-cavity systems also in the context of quantum information processing.