ATF HEAVY-ION BEAM PROBE - INSTALLATION AND INITIAL OPERATION

Installation of the HIBP on ATF began in the summer of 1988. All of the major hardware components have now been installed. The initial operation of the diagnostic has begun amid the final stages of testing and control system integration. The existence of significant magnetic fields and gradients outside of the main plasma volume and fully three-dimensional particle trajectories have raised several interesting issues during the design, assembly, alignment, and operation of the beamline and analyzer. The diagnostic must function in a challenging environment. It must perform satisfactorily despite electrical interference from several nearby sources, pressure excursions caused by gas puffing, and UV/plasma loading.