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Sustaining and measuring high temperatures in fusion plasmas is a challenging task that requires different heating systems and diagnostic tools. Information on the spatial distribution of temperature is one of the key elements for improving and controlling plasma performance.

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Figure 1: Schematic of a tokamak.

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Figure 2: Different sources of heating in a tokamak.
Figure 3: Temperature profile measurements obtained with different methods.

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  1. Didier Mazon, Christel Fenzi and Roland Sabot are at the Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par Confinement Magnétique, CEA Cadarache, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France,

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Mazon, D., Fenzi, C. & Sabot, R. As hot as it gets. Nature Phys 12, 14–17 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3625

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