Tomography of atom and ion temperatures in plasmas

The tomographic equation of the temperature of heavy particles in plasma has been derived using the relation of the velocity distribution with the Doppler broadening of the spectral line. This equation is correct for non-Maxwellian velocity distributions and for arbitrary plasma flow. To invert the temperature it is necessary to use also the tomographic equations of emission and velocity. This method has been tested by inversion of the ion temperature in modelling and plasma centrifuge experiment. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.