Spectroscopic measurement of hydrogen atom density in a plasma produced with 28 GHz ECH in QUEST

Satoru Mori, Taiichi Shikama, Kazuaki Hanada, Nao Yoneda, Arseniy Kuzmin, Masahiro Hasuo, Hiroshi Idei, Takumi Onchi, Akira Ejiri, Yuki Osawa, Yi Peng, Kyohei Matsuzaki, Shinichiro Kado, Keiji Sawada, Takeshi Ido, Kazuo Nakamura, Ryuya Ikezoe, Yoshihiko Nagashima, Makoto Hasegawa, Kengo KurodaAki Higashijima, Takahiro Nagata, Shun Shimabukuro

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Abstract

The spatial distribution of the hydrogen atom density was evaluated in a spherical tokamak (ST) plasma sustained only with 28 GHz electron cyclotron heating (ECH). The radially resolved Hδ emissivity was measured using multiple viewing chord spectroscopy and Abel inversion. A collisional-radiative (CR) model analysis of the emissivity resulted in a ground-state hydrogen atom density of 1015-1016 m-3 and an ionization degree of 1-0.85 in the plasma.

Original languageEnglish
Article number44
JournalAtoms
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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