EUV/VUV Spectroscopy for the Study of Carbon Impurity Transport in Hydrogen and Deuterium Plasmas in the Edge Stochastic Magnetic Field Layer of Large Helical Device

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Tetsutarou Oishi¹  Shigeru Morita²  Masahiro Kobayashi²  Gakushi Kawamura²  Yasuko Kawamoto²  Tomoko Kawate²  Suguru Masuzaki²  Chihiro Suzuki²  Motoshi Goto² 

[1] Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University;National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences;Department of Fusion Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

关键词: space-resolved spectroscopy;    extreme ultraviolet;    vacuum ultraviolet;    magnetically confined fusion;    impurity transport;    stochastic magnetic field;   

DOI  :  10.3390/plasma6020021

学科分类：泌尿医学

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The ergodic layer in the Large Helical Device (LHD) consists of stochastic magnetic fields exhibiting a three-dimensional structure that is intrinsically formed by helical coils. Spectroscopic diagnostics was employed in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) wavelength ranges to investigate emission lines of carbon impurities in both hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) plasmas, aiming to elucidate the impact of distinct bulk ions on impurity generation and transport in the edge plasmas of the LHD. The emission intensity of carbon CIII, CIV, CV, and CVI lines is significantly higher in the D plasma compared to the H plasma, indicating a greater sputtering rate of carbon materials in the D plasma, resulting in a higher quantity of carbon impurities originating from the divertor plates. A Doppler profile measurement of the second order of CIV line emission (1548.20 × 2 Å) was attempted using a 3 m normal-incidence VUV spectrometer in the edge plasma at a horizontally elongated plasma position. The flow velocity reaches its maximum value close to the outermost region of the ergodic layer, and the observed flow direction aligns with the friction force in the parallel momentum balance. The flow velocity increases with the electron density in H plasmas, suggesting that the friction force becomes more dominant in the force balance at higher density regimes. This leads to an increase in the impurity flow, which can contribute to the impurity screening. In contrast, the flow velocity in the D plasma is smaller than that in the H plasma. The difference in flow values between D and H plasmas, when the friction force term dominates in the momentum balance, could be attributed to the mass dependence of the thermal velocity of the bulk ions.

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