Advances in neutral tungsten ultraviolet spectroscopy for the potential benefit to gross erosion diagnosis
Abstract
A spectral survey of tungsten emission in the ultraviolet region has been completed in the DIII-D tokamak and the CTH torsatron to assess the potential benefit of UV emission for the diagnosis of gross W erosion. Here, a total of 29 W I spectral lines are observed from the two experiments using survey spectrometers between 200 and 400 nm with level identifications provided based on a structure calculation for many of the excited states that produce strong emission lines. Of the 29 observed lines, 20 have not previously been reported in fusion relevant plasmas, including an intense line at 265.65 nm which could be important for benchmarking the frequently exploited line at 400.88 nm. Nearly all of the observed spectral lines decay down to one of the six lowest energy levels for neutral W, which are likely to be long-lived metastable states. The impact of metastable level populations on the W I emission spectrum and any erosion measurement utilizing a spectroscopic technique is potentially significant. Yet, the high density of W I emission in the UV region allows for the possibly of determining the relative metastable fractions and plasma parameters local to the erosion region. Additionally, the lines observed inmore »
- Authors:
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- Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Queen's Univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Auburn Univ., AL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1569476
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1561607; OSTI ID: 1874104
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-779519
Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335; TRN: US2100322
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FC02-04ER54698; SC0015877; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725; FG02-00ER54610
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 61; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335
- Publisher:
- IOP Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; erosion; tungsten; plasma facing components; ultraviolet; spectroscopy; S/XB; metastable states
Citation Formats
Johnson, C. A., Ennis, D. A., Loch, S. D., Hartwell, G. J., Maurer, D. A., Allen, S. L., Victor, B. S., Samuell, C. M., Abrams, T., Unterberg, E. A., and Smyth, R. T. Advances in neutral tungsten ultraviolet spectroscopy for the potential benefit to gross erosion diagnosis. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ab2b25.
Johnson, C. A., Ennis, D. A., Loch, S. D., Hartwell, G. J., Maurer, D. A., Allen, S. L., Victor, B. S., Samuell, C. M., Abrams, T., Unterberg, E. A., & Smyth, R. T. Advances in neutral tungsten ultraviolet spectroscopy for the potential benefit to gross erosion diagnosis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab2b25
Johnson, C. A., Ennis, D. A., Loch, S. D., Hartwell, G. J., Maurer, D. A., Allen, S. L., Victor, B. S., Samuell, C. M., Abrams, T., Unterberg, E. A., and Smyth, R. T. Mon .
"Advances in neutral tungsten ultraviolet spectroscopy for the potential benefit to gross erosion diagnosis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab2b25. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1569476.
@article{osti_1569476,
title = {Advances in neutral tungsten ultraviolet spectroscopy for the potential benefit to gross erosion diagnosis},
author = {Johnson, C. A. and Ennis, D. A. and Loch, S. D. and Hartwell, G. J. and Maurer, D. A. and Allen, S. L. and Victor, B. S. and Samuell, C. M. and Abrams, T. and Unterberg, E. A. and Smyth, R. T.},
abstractNote = {A spectral survey of tungsten emission in the ultraviolet region has been completed in the DIII-D tokamak and the CTH torsatron to assess the potential benefit of UV emission for the diagnosis of gross W erosion. Here, a total of 29 W I spectral lines are observed from the two experiments using survey spectrometers between 200 and 400 nm with level identifications provided based on a structure calculation for many of the excited states that produce strong emission lines. Of the 29 observed lines, 20 have not previously been reported in fusion relevant plasmas, including an intense line at 265.65 nm which could be important for benchmarking the frequently exploited line at 400.88 nm. Nearly all of the observed spectral lines decay down to one of the six lowest energy levels for neutral W, which are likely to be long-lived metastable states. The impact of metastable level populations on the W I emission spectrum and any erosion measurement utilizing a spectroscopic technique is potentially significant. Yet, the high density of W I emission in the UV region allows for the possibly of determining the relative metastable fractions and plasma parameters local to the erosion region. Additionally, the lines observed in this work could be used to perform multiple independent gross erosion measurements, leading to more accurate diagnosis of gross tungsten erosion.},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6587/ab2b25},
journal = {Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion},
number = 9,
volume = 61,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {8}
}
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