A method of interpreting the Balmer-alpha high-resolution spectroscopy for tokamak edge plasmas with account of divertor stray light

A method is suggested for interpreting the data from the Balmer-alpha high- resolution spectroscopy diagnostics of the edge plasma in the tokamak main chamber, which additionally uses the data from direct observation of the divertor. Such an extension of the diagnostics is motivated by the fact that in a tokamak-reactor with the metal first wall, like ITER tokamak, a significant role of the divertor stray light (DSL), which is emitted by the plasma in the divertor in the same spectral line and reflected from the first wall of the vacuum chamber to a spectrometer in the main chamber, is expected. The results of the first applications of the developed model to interpret the data from the JET-ILW tokamak experiments, which simulate the conditions of occurrence of the DSL in ITER, are discussed. (paper)