K. Ohya et al., Particle emission from a tungsten test limiter in TEXTOR-94: a comparison between experimental and Monte Carlo simulated results, J NUCL MAT, 269, 1999, pp. 629-634
The release of deuterium and impurity atoms from a W test limiter exposed t
o the edge plasma of TEXTOR is studied both experimentally and by means of
Monte Carlo simulations. Experimentally, spatial intensity distributions of
D gamma, CII, OII and WI line spectra emission are observed around the lim
iter, whereas the particle release from the limiter is simulated combining
the TRIDYN model with a transport model of released particles in the plasma
. Good agreement is found in spatial distributions between experimentally o
bserved WI line intensity and simulated ionization events of physically spu
ttered W atoms. The observed Dy line emission is attributed to the re-emiss
ion of very low-energy (similar to 0.1 eV) D atoms, the energy of which dep
ends on the limiter temperature. Low-energy C and O atoms are also observed
probably due to chemical sputtering or surface reaction of implanted (depo
sited) impurities producing hydrocarbons and volatile oxides. The observed
CII and OII line emissions at a distance more than about I cm from the limi
ter surface are influenced by the physical sputtering of impurities deposit
ed from the background plasma on the W limiter. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B
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