Published July 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Penetration depths of injected/sputtered tungsten in the plasma edge layer of TEXTOR

  • 1. Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Plasma Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Association EURATOM-FZJ, Partner In the Trilateral Euregio Cluster, Jülich (Germany)
  • 2. Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (United States)

Description

To quantify tungsten (W) sputtering measurements by spectroscopy, two experiments have been carried out in the tokamak TEXTOR. The erosion of a W limiter in the plasma edge was studied spectrocopically under different plasma conditions. Conversion of the photon fluxes of neutral W lines was performed [1] with the aid of inverse photon efficiencies, measured in situ in a second experiment with WF6 injection to realise a controllable W source. Penetration depths, particle velocities and line ratios of W I were determined and compared between the two sources of W. The velocities of injected and sputtered W differ by a factor of 3 as the analysis of the penetration depth shows, while the line ratios for different W I lines are comparable. A comparison of the e-folding length with the model code GKU was performed which reveals a deviation of at least a factor of 6. Inverse photon efficiencies at Te = 40 eV were determined to be about 44 for W I (400.88 nm) and about 63 for W I (429.46 nm)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.187

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.187;
PII
S0022-3115(13)00195-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
438
Journal Issue
Suppl
Journal Page Range
p. S865-S870
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
20. international conference on plasma-surface interactions in controlled fusion devices
Acronym
PSI-20
Dates
21-25 May 2012
Place
Aachen (Germany)

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