title: Observations of the vacuum ultraviolet and x-ray brightness profiles of Fe, Ni, and Ge in magnetically confined fusion plasmas.
abstract: The spatial brightness profiles of emission lines for the K-like through He-like ionization states of Fe, Ge, and Ni have been measured during a set of experiments in which Fe and Ge were introduced into FTU tokamak plasmas by using the laser blowoff technique. Nickel was an intrinsic impurity observed during these experiments that was sputtered from the inconel limiter. The brightness profiles were measured by spatially scanable, photometrically calibrated vaccum ultraviolet and x-ray spectrometers that covered the 1 to 1700 A region. Simulations of these profiles and the time evolution of the laser blowoffs were performed with the MIST transport code using several sets of atomic physics compilations [ADPAK (originally in MIST), Arnaud and Raymond (AR92), Arnaud and Rothenflug (AR85), Mazzotta et al., and Mattioli (an extension to Mazzotta)]. The goal was to determine which set of available rates could best simulate the measured spatial brightness profiles and the charge state balance in the plasma. The Mazzotta et al. (for Fe and Ni), the Mattioli (for Ge), and the AR92 (for Fe only) rates adequately simulated the He-, Li-, Be-, Na-, Mg-like ionization states. The F- to B-like charge states could not be simulated by these compilations unless the relevant dielectronic rates were multiplied by a factor of 2. The ADPAK rates could not adequately predict any of the charge states of Fe, Ge, or Ni.
authors.affiliation: Plasma Spectroscopy Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 34th and North Charles Streets, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finkenthal
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Moos
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattioli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pacella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzitelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leigheb
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gabellieri