Modeling of neutral hydrogen velocities in the tokamak fusion test reactor

D. P. Stotler, C. H. Skinner, R. V. Budny, A. T. Ramsey, D. N. Ruzic, R. B. Turkot

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Abstract

Monte Carlo neutral transport simulations of hydrogen velocities in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) [K. M. McGuire et al., Phys. Plasmas 2, 2176 (1995)] are compared with experiment using the Doppler-broadened Balmer-α spectral line profile. Good agreement is obtained under a range of conditions, validating the treatment of charge exchange, molecular dissociation, surface reflection, and sputtering in the neutral gas code DEGAS [D. Heifetz et al., J. Comput. Phys. 46, 309 (1982)]. A residual deficiency of 10-100 eV neutrals in most of the simulations indicates that further study of the energetics of H2+ dissociation for electron energies in excess of 100 eV is needed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4084-4094
Number of pages11
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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