PPPL-4099 is available in <a href="PPPL-4099.pdf">pdf</a> format (1.6 MB).

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<b>2&ndash;D Reflectometer Modeling for Optimizing the ITER Low-field Side X-mode Reflectometer System</b>
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<b>Authors:</b> G.J. Kramer,  R. Nazikian, E.J. Valeo, R.V. Budny, C. Kessel, and D. Johnson
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> September 2005
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<b>Published in:</b> Nuclear Fusion <b>46</b>:9 (2006)</p>


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The response of a low-field side reflectometer system for ITER is simulated with a 2&ndash;D reflectometer code using a realistic plasma equilibrium. It is found that the reflected beam will often miss its launch point by as much as 40 cm and that a vertical array of receiving antennas is essential in order to observe a reflection on the low-field side of ITER.


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