Article ; Online: Details of the neutral energy distribution and ionization source using spectrally resolved Balmer-alpha measurements on DIII-D.
The Review of scientific instruments
2022 Volume 93, Issue 10, Page(s) 103504
Abstract: Spectrally resolved passive Balmer-α (D-α, H-α) measurements from the DIII-D 16 channel edge main-ion charge exchange recombination system confirm the presence of higher energy neutrals ("thermal" neutrals) in addition to the cold neutrals that recycle ... ...
| Abstract | Spectrally resolved passive Balmer-α (D-α, H-α) measurements from the DIII-D 16 channel edge main-ion charge exchange recombination system confirm the presence of higher energy neutrals ("thermal" neutrals) in addition to the cold neutrals that recycle off the walls in the edge region of DIII-D plasmas. Charge exchange between thermal ions and edge neutrals transfers energy and momentum between the populations giving rise to thermal neutrals with energies approximating the ions in the pedestal region. Multiple charge exchange events in succession allow an electron to effectively take a random walk, transferring from ion to ion, providing a pathway of increasing energy and velocity, permitting a neutral to get deeper into the plasma before a final ionization event that contributes to the ion and electron particle fueling. Spectrally resolved measurements provide information about the density and velocity distribution of these neutrals, which has been historically valuable for validating Monte Carlo neutral models, which include the multi stage charge exchange dynamics. Here, a multi-channel set of such measurements is used to specifically isolate the details of the thermal neutrals that are responsible for fueling inside the pedestal top. Being able to separate the thermal from the cold emission overcomes several challenges associated with optical filter-based neutral density measurements. The neutral dynamics, deeper fueling by the thermal neutrals, and spectral measurement are modeled with the FIDASIM Monte Carlo collisional radiative code, which also produces synthetic spectra with a shape that is in close agreement with the measurements. By scaling the number of neutrals in the simulation to match the intensity of the thermal emission, we show it is possible to obtain local neutral densities and ionization source rates. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-08-10 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 209865-9 |
| ISSN | 1089-7623 ; 0034-6748 |
| ISSN (online) | 1089-7623 |
| ISSN | 0034-6748 |
| DOI | 10.1063/5.0101854 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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