Method of reconstructing a moving pulse

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Published 26 November 2007 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation S J Howard et al 2007 JINST 2 P11008 DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/2/11/P11008

1748-0221/2/11/P11008

Abstract

We present a method of analyzing a set of N time signals fi(t) that consist of local measurements of the same physical observable taken at N sequential locations Zi along the length of an experimental device. The result is an algorithm for reconstructing an approximation F(z,t) of the field f(z,t) in the inaccessible regions between the points of measurement. We also explore the conditions needed for this approximation to hold, and test the algorithm under a variety of conditions. We apply this method to analyze the magnetic field measurements taken on the Compact Toroid Injection eXperiment (CTIX) plasma accelerator; providing a direct means of visualizing experimental data, quantifying global properties, and benchmarking simulation.

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10.1088/1748-0221/2/11/P11008