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Three-dimensional transport of neutral particles in the CHS edge region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

H. MATSUURA
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-cho 1-1, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
S. IGUCHI
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-cho 1-1, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan Present address: Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi, Japan.
M. SHOJI
Affiliation:
National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi-cho 322-6, Toki 509-5292, Japan
S. OKAMURA
Affiliation:
National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi-cho 322-6, Toki 509-5292, Japan

Abstract

We used Monte Carlo simulation code DEGAS and studied the neutral particle behavior in the Compact Helical System (CHS) three-dimensionally. In contrast to other helical devices, the CHS plasma in the standard configuration has contact with the inner vacuum vessel wall like the material limiter used in many Tokamaks and the neutral recycling becomes dominant there. As the intensity of neutral recycling changes also along toroidal direction, we extended our previous simulation model geometry three-dimensionally and compared the results of these models. We found the variation of the gap between the vacuum wall and main plasma enhanced toroidal transport of hydrogen molecules and atoms. As the formation of the edge transport barrier (EBT) discovered recently in CHS is characterized by a clear drop in Hα emissions, it is interesting to study the relationship with the profile of atomic/molecular hydrogen and the Hα emission profile. We estimated emission not only from excited hydrogen atoms but also from dissociated molecules with a collisional radiation model. We found that our Hα detector signal in CHS mostly came from excited atoms and that the emission profile largely changed with the ETB formation.

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Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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