A study of the near-wall plasma of the Globus-M tokamak using an array of divertor Langmuir probes

An array of ten built-in divertor probes was installed on the lower dome of the Globus-M spherical tokamak. It was used to measure the profiles of the floating potential, electron temperature, ion saturation current, and heat flux density to the divertor. It is demonstrated that there is a sharp change in the floating potentials of the probes located near the outer separatrix leg at the development of the peripheral instability.