Time-dependent collisional radiative modeling of tungsten in the magnetic sheath for erosion diagnosis

C. Johnson, D. Ennis, S. Loch, C. Ballance

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Abstract

Tungsten is the material of choice for the divertors in ITER, SPARC and future fusion reactors. Accurate diagnosis of tungsten erosion and migration is important for first wall life time, slag production and core performance. The addition of a magnetic presheath requires time-dependent collisional radiative effects to be included for accurate neutral tungsten collisional radiative modeling. Gross erosion measurements could be modified by a factor of 10 due to the inclusion of time-dependent effects for ITER relevant divertor conditions. A simple sputtering model and sheath density model are developed to investigate time-dependent collisional radiative effects. Neutral tungsten spectral lines populated from different metastable levels depend on model parameters leading to potential spectroscopic diagnostics of plasma parameters. Electron temperatures inferred from spectroscopic line ratios are in agreement with Langmuir probe measurements in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid.

Original languageEnglish
Article number096017
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume63
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • collisional radiative
  • ColRadPy
  • erosion
  • metastable state
  • S/XB
  • tungsten

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