Microwave and Far Infrared Diagnostics
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 57 / Number 2T / February 2010 / Pages 413-420
Diagnostics / Proceedings of the Ninth Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST10-A9432
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The measurement of plasma quantities is a difficult task since the plasma cannot be treated like normal material. Any measurement of plasma quantities with solid electrostatic probes will yield interactions with the plasma and causes a perturbation of the measured quantity. Inside a hot plasma those methods are not applicable, since they lead to a disruption of the discharge.
