- Salewski, M;
- Geiger, B;
- Jacobsen, AS;
- Hansen, PC;
- Heidbrink, WW;
- Korsholm, SB;
- Leipold, F;
- Madsen, J;
- Moseev, D;
- Nielsen, SK;
- Nocente, M;
- Odstrčil, T;
- Rasmussen, J;
- Stagner, L;
- Stejner, M;
- Weiland, M
Velocity-space tomography of the fast-ion distribution function in a fusion plasma is usually a photon-starved tomography method due to limited optical access and signal-to-noise ratio of fast-ion Dα (FIDA) spectroscopy as well as the strive for high-resolution images. In high-definition tomography, prior information makes up for this lack of data. We restrict the target velocity space through the measured absence of FIDA light, impose phase-space densities to be non-negative, and encode the known geometry of neutral beam injection (NBI) sources. We further use a numerical simulation as prior information to reconstruct where in velocity space the measurements and the simulation disagree. This alternative approach is demonstrated for four-view as well as for two-view FIDA measurements. The high-definition tomography tools allow us to study fast ions in sawtoothing plasmas and the formation of NBI peaks at full, half and one-third energy by time-resolved tomographic movies.