We have installed and operated a reciprocating Langmuir/Mach probe to
simultaneously measure parallel and perpendicular plasma flow profiles
along with density, temperature, floating potential profiles, and flu
ctuating parameters such as fluctuation driven particle flux and wave
number on a single shot. Plasma facing components are made from boron
nitride and the probe tips are 1-mm-diam carbon cylinders. The Mach pr
obe, designed following the Gundestrup model, has 12 probes arranged i
n a circular array. Four Langmuir probes mounted at the front of the M
ach probe array measure floating potential, ion saturation current, an
d temperature. The perpendicular flow velocity measurements reduced fr
om the Mach probe array compare well with the phase velocity measured
from the proud Langmuir probes and the E(r) x B poloidal rotation. (C)
1997 American Institute of Physics.