Atoms (Jun 2015)

Tungsten Data for Current and Future Uses in Fusion and Plasma Science

  • Peter Beiersdorfer,
  • Joel Clementson,
  • Ulyana I. Safronova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms3020260
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 260 – 272

Abstract

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We give a brief overview of our recent experimental and theoretical work involving highly charged tungsten ions in high-temperature magnetically confined plasmas. Our work includes X-ray and extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy, state-of-the-art structure calculations, the generation of dielectronic recombination rate coefficients, collisional-radiative spectral modeling and assessments of the atomic data need for X-ray diagnostics monitoring of the parameters of the core plasma of future tokamaks, such as ITER. We give examples of our recent results in these areas.

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