Measurement of cross-field power loss due to rovibrationally excited H2 in a detached hydrogen divertor plasma simulator (original) (raw)

Physics of Plasmas, 2006

Abstract

The cross-field power loss due to radiation, plasma, and neutrals are measured for hydrogen discharges in a linear divertor simulator experiment. Radiation appears to be the dominant power loss channel; however, power loss due to heating of H2 neutrals is found to be quite significant, being only 2× weaker than radiation in the higher neutral pressure experiments. The H2 vibrational temperature Tvib is found to be the most important channel for carrying neutral energy out of the plasma—more important than either kinetic temperature Tkin or rotational temperature Trot. Power carried radially to the wall by plasma cross-field transport is found to be negligible when compared to neutral and radiation losses. These results demonstrate the importance of including of H2 neutrals in understanding power balance in detached tokamak divertors.

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