Impurity transport study based on measurement of visible wavelength high-n charge exchange transitions at W7-X

Abstract A recently installed high-speed charge exchange diagnostic at the W7-X stellarator has been used to identify several high-n Rydberg emission lines near 500 nm following impurity injections. The wavelengths of observed high-n Rydberg transitions are independent of the impurity species and or...

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Published in:Nuclear fusion 2024-08, Vol.64 (8), p.86062
Main Authors: Swee, Colin, Geiger, Benedikt, Ford, Oliver, Nornberg, Mark, O’Mullane, Martin, Poloskei, Peter, Reimold, Felix, Romba, Thilo, Wegner, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bayesian inference
CXRS
impurity transport
laser blow off
pyFIDASIM
pySTRAHL
W7-X
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Summary:Abstract A recently installed high-speed charge exchange diagnostic at the W7-X stellarator has been used to identify several high-n Rydberg emission lines near 500 nm following impurity injections. The wavelengths of observed high-n Rydberg transitions are independent of the impurity species and originate from ions with ionization states ranging from 14+ to 45+ suggesting that this approach can be applied to a variety of heavy impurities. Moreover, little to no passive signal is observed since the high-n energy levels are unlikely to be populated by electron impact excitation. The combination of the newly developed diagnostic and the observation of high-n Rydberg states provides spatially resolved, high-speed measurements of multiple charge states which are analyzed in a Bayesian inference framework to determine both impurity diffusion and convection profiles. Measurements from the 2023 experimental campaign conclusively show high diffusion and an inward pinch in the core, well above predictions by neoclassical theory.
ISSN:0029-5515
1741-4326
DOI:10.1088/1741-4326/ad5aad