Effect of detachment on Magnum-PSI ELM-like pulses: I. Direct observations and qualitative results

Conditions similar to those at the end of the divertor leg in a tokamak were replicated in the linear plasma machine Magnum-PSI. The neutral pressure in the target chamber is then increased to cause the target to transition from an attached to a detached state. Superimposed to this steady state regi...

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Main Authors Federici, Fabio, Lipschultz, Bruce, Akkermans, Gijs R A, Verhaegh, Kevin, Reinke, Matthew L, Classen, Ivo G J, Team, Magnum-PSI
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LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 30.04.2024
Subjects
Bayesian analysis
Energy dissipation
Heat flux
Light emission
Plasma
Plasma interactions
Plasma temperature
Thermography
Thomson scattering
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Summary:Conditions similar to those at the end of the divertor leg in a tokamak were replicated in the linear plasma machine Magnum-PSI. The neutral pressure in the target chamber is then increased to cause the target to transition from an attached to a detached state. Superimposed to this steady state regime, ELM-like pulses are reproduced, resulting in a sudden increase in plasma temperature and density, such that the heat flux increases transiently by half an order of magnitude. Visible light emission, target thermography, and Thomson scattering are used to demonstrate that the higher the neutral pressure the more energy is removed from the ELM-like pulse in the volume. If the neutral pressure is sufficiently high, the ELM-like pulse can be prevented from affecting the target and the plasma energy is fully dissipated in the volume instead (ID 4 in Table 1). The visible light images allow the division of the ELM-plasma interaction process of ELM energy dissipation into 3 "stages" ranging from no dissipation to full dissipation (the target plasma is detached). In the second publication related to this study, spectroscopic data is analysed with a Bayesian approach, to acquire insights into the significance of molecular processes in dissipating the plasma energy and particles.
ISSN:2331-8422