The possibility of using extreme ultraviolet emission from low charge states of tungsten ions to diagnose the divertor plasmas of the ITER tokamak has been investigated. Spectral modelling of Lu-like W 3+ to Gd-like W 10+ has been performed by using the Flexible Atomic Code, and spectroscopic measurements have been conducted at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) in Livermore. To simulate ITER divertor plasmas, tungsten was introduced into the SSPX spheromak by prefilling it with tungsten hexacarbonyl prior to the usual hydrogen gas injection and initiation of the plasma discharge. The tungsten emission was studied using a grazing-incidence spectrometer.
The effect of increasing prepulse energy levels on the energy spectrum and coupling into forward-going electrons is evaluated in a cone-guided fast-ignition relevant geometry using cone-wire targets irradiated with a high intensity (10(20) W/cm(2)) laser pulse. Hot electron temperature and flux are inferred from Kα images and yields using hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. A two-temperature distribution of hot electrons was required to fit the full profile, with the ratio of energy in a higher energy (MeV) component increasing with a larger prepulse. As prepulse energies were increased from 8 mJ to 1 J, overall coupling from laser to all hot electrons entering the wire was found to fall from 8.4% to 2.5% while coupling into only the 1-3 MeV electrons dropped from 0.57% to 0.03%.
Nonlinear plasma simulations of the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment demonstrate the role of transient effects in establishing a toroidal magnetic structure that confines internal energy. Magnetohydrodynamics modeling with temperature-dependent transport coefficients compares well with experimental measurements and shows that the second current pulse improves confinement by keeping the q profile from falling below the value of 1/2, suppressing resonant m = 1, n = 2 fluctuations.
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