Electronic Instruments and Techniques for Plasma Physics Research in the United Kingdom

The paper describes electronic instruments and techniques which have been developed and used in support of the U.K. plasma physics research programme. These generally fall under the headings of machine design, machine control and instrumentation, and plasma diognostics. To date, most work has been in the latter category which involves a wide variety of measurements ranging from the low frequency end of the spectrum to high energy nuclear radiations. Many of the diognostic instruments described have been developed for use with ZETA, the large toroidal discharge experiment at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell.