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The role of plasma-atom and molecule interactions on power & particle balance during detachment on the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor

Verhaegh, K.
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Lipschultz, B.
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Harrison, J. R.
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December 1, 2023
Nuclear Fusion

This paper shows first quantitative analysis of the detachment processes in the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor (SXD). We identify an unprecedented impact of plasma-molecular interactions involving molecular ions (likely D2+ ), resulting in strong ion sinks (Molecular Activated Recombination-MAR), leading to a reduction of ion target flux. The MAR ion sinks exceed the divertor ion sources before electron-ion recombination (EIR) starts to occur, suggesting that significant ionisation occurs outside of the divertor chamber. In the EIR region, TeMUCH LESS-THAN0.2 eV is observed and MAR remains significant in these deep detached phases. The total ion sink strength demonstrates the capability for particle (ion) exhaust in the Super-X Configuration. Molecular Activated Dissociation is the dominant volumetric neutral atom creation process can lead to an electron cooling of 20% of PSOL . The measured total radiative power losses in the divertor chamber are consistent with inferred hydrogenic radiative power losses. This suggests that intrinsic divertor impurity radiation, despite the carbon walls, is minor in the divertor chamber. This contrasts previous TCV results, which may be associated with enhanced plasma-neutral interactions and reduced chemical erosion in the detached, tightly baffled SXD. The above observations have also been observed in higher heat flux (narrower SOL width) type I ELMy H-mode discharges. This provides evidence that the characterisation in this paper may be general.

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research article
DOI
10.1088/1741-4326/acf946
Web of Science ID

WOS:001079264200001

Author(s)
Verhaegh, K.
Lipschultz, B.
Harrison, J. R.
Federici, F.
Moulton, D.
Lonigro, N.
Kobussen, S. P.
O'Mullane, M.
Osborne, N.
Ryan, P.
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Corporate authors
MAST Upgrade Team
Date Issued

2023-12-01

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd

Published in
Nuclear Fusion
Volume

63

Issue

12

Article Number

126023

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Mast Upgrade

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Super-X Divertor

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Plasma Spectroscopy

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Plasma Detachment

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Plasma-Molecular Interactions

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EPFL

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SPC  
FunderGrant Number

EPSRC

101052200

European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

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February 14, 2024
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