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Characterisation of electron cyclotron wall conditioning plasma in ASDEX Upgrade

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    0572767 - ÚFP 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
    Wauters, T. - Buermans, J. - Cavalier, Jordan - Huett, E. - Ragona, R. - Svoboda, Jakub - Bobkov, V. - Griener, M. - Jacobsen, A. S. - Kallenbach, A. - Likonen, J. - Loarer, T. - Lunt, T. - Nielsen, S.K. - Pitts, R.A. - Ricci, D. - Rohde, V. - Stober, J. - Schneider, P. - Usoltseva, M.
    Characterisation of electron cyclotron wall conditioning plasma in ASDEX Upgrade.
    Nuclear Fusion. Roč. 63, č. 6 (2023), č. článku 066018. ISSN 0029-5515. E-ISSN 1741-4326
    R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) 9D22001
    EU Projects: European Commission(BE) 101052200
    Institutional support: RVO:61389021
    Keywords : ecrh * ecwc * iter * wall conditioning
    OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
    Impact factor: 3.5, year: 2023
    Method of publishing: Open access
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/acc674

    Electron cyclotron wall condition (ECWC) discharges are characterised in ASDEX Upgrade with full tungsten plasma facing components and X2 polarised waves launched from the equatorial ports, relevant to ECWC conditions in ITER Pre-Fusion Power Operation phase 1. The characterisation of the deuterium plasmas is based on experimental inputs such as electron density measurements, in-vessel pressure measurements, poloidal field maps obtained from the measured coil currents, as well as advanced tomographic methods on camera images filtered at the hydrogen Balmer lines. TOMATOR-1D simulations and collective Thomson scattering radiometer spectra complement the findings. The cold, high density and partially ionized toroidal plasmas show significant levels of stray radiation. The measured radiation includes waves at half of the gyrotron frequency suggesting the occurrence of parametric decay instabilities at 2nd harmonic upper hybrid resonance that locates at the low field side of the resonance. A displacement of the plasma emission along the resonance layer is observed at higher discharge power in discharges with a vertical poloidal magnetic field only. By optimizing the poloidal field pattern, along with the location of the electron cyclotron heating (ECH) resonance, the strongest surface interaction regions for the charged particles can be controlled. Directing plasma flux to inner wall surfaces, and same for the inner divertor apron, is found less effective in ASDEX Upgrade due to magnetic mirror effects and outward convective flows. Modeling however predicts the presence of an intense and uniform flux of low energy atoms produced at the ECH absorption layer that may be effective for conditioning the high field side surfaces after use of the disruption mitigation system.
    Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0343341

     
     
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