Observation of visible forbidden lines from highly charged tungsten ions at the large helical device

Visible line emission from highly charged tungsten ions has been observed at the large helical device (LHD) using a tracer encapsulated solid pellet. One of the measured lines is assigned to a magnetic-dipole (M1) line of the ground-term fine-structure transition of W26+. The other line is unidentified but probably due to a highly charged tungsten ion. Photon emission was observed at 40 lines of sight divided along the vertical direction of a horizontally elongated poloidal cross section of the LHD plasma. The line-integrated intensity of the M1 line along each line of sight indicates a peaked profile at the plasma center where the electron temperatures are high enough so that tungsten ions are highly ionized. (paper)