Multi-Code Ab Initio Calculation of Ionization Distributions and Radiation Losses for Tungsten in Tokamak Plasmas

Journal Article · Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3241195· OSTI ID:21344618

Ralchenko, Yu ^[1]; Abdallah, J Jr; Colgan, J; Fontes, C J; Foster, M; Zhang, H L ^[2]; Bar-Shalom, A; Oreg, J ^[3]; Bauche, J; Bauche-Arnoult, C ^[4]; Bowen, C; Faussurier, G ^[5]; Chung, H -K; Hansen, S B; Lee, R W; Scott, H ^[6]; Gaufridy de Dortan, F de; Poirier, M ^[7]; Golovkin, I ^[8]; Novikov, V ^[9]

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1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422 (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (United States)
3. ARTEP, Inc., Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 (United States)
4. Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Batiment 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay (France)
5. CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon (France)
6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States)
7. CEA, SPAM, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette (France)
8. Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (United States)
9. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics RAS, Miusskaya square 4, Moscow, 125047 (Russian Federation)

We present calculations of ionization balance and radiative power losses for tungsten in magnetic fusion plasmas. The simulations were performed within the framework of Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (NLTE) Code Comparison Workshops utilizing several independent collisional-radiative models. The calculations generally agree with each other; however, a clear disagreement with experimental ionization distributions at low temperatures 2 keV<T{sub e}<3 keV is observed. Comparison is made with other calculations. The obtained results can be used in planning new experiments in magnetic confinement fusion.

• OSTI ID: 21344618
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1161, Issue 1; Conference: 16. international conference on atomic processes in plasmas, Monterey, CA (United States), 22-26 Mar 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3241195; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
IONIZATION
KEV RANGE
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
N CODES
PLASMA
PLASMA SIMULATION
POWER LOSSES
THERMODYNAMICS
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TUNGSTEN
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COMPUTER CODES
CONFINEMENT
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY RANGE
EVALUATION
LOSSES
METALS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
REFRACTORY METALS
SIMULATION
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS