Visible emission spectroscopy of highly charged tungsten ions in LHD: II. Evaluation of tungsten ion temperature

K. Fujii, Y. Takahashi, Y. Nakai, D. Kato, M. Goto, S. Morita, M. Hasuo

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Abstract

We demonstrated a polarization-resolved high resolution spectroscopy of a visible emission line of highly charged tungsten ions (λ0 = 668.899 nm, Shinohara et al Phys. Scr. 90 125402) for the large helical device (LHD) plasma, where the tungsten ions were introduced by a pellet injection. Its spectral profile shows broadening and polarization dependence, which are attributed to the Doppler and Zeeman effects, respectively. The tungsten ion temperature was evaluated for the first time from the broadening of visible the emission line, with its emission location determined by the Abel inversion of the chord-integrated emission intensities observed with multiple chords. The tungsten ion temperature was found to be close to the helium-like argon ion temperature, which is used as an ion temperature monitor in LHD.

Original languageEnglish
Article number125403
JournalPhysica Scripta
Volume90
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 6 2015
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China11261140328
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science15H04235, 23340183

    Keywords

    • Zeeman effect
    • highly charged ion
    • ion temperature measurement

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