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10–15 May 2021
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Investigation of Self-Absorbed Lithium Spectral Line Emissions during Li_2TiO_3 Injection in ADITYA-U tokamak

12 May 2021, 14:00
4h 45m
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Regular Poster Magnetic Fusion Experiments P4 Posters 4

Speaker

Nandini Yadava (Gujarat University)

Description

Tokamak plasmas are mostly optically thin for visible radiation-emitting out of the plasma as the density of the emitter in the plasma is not sufficiently high to produced self-absorption of spectral lines in the visible region. However, in certain conditions, such as during pellet ablation inside plasma and massive gas injection signatures of absorption in the emission spectra might be observed, which can be very useful for comparison with radiative transfer modeling in fusion devices. One of the major outcomes of self-absorption is to determine the plasma opacity and to understand the self-absorption and prevailing density values. This is mostly happened for the spectrum having upper level with lower principal quantum numbers, which have greater line strengths [ref1]. Then, it is usually observed in the Ly-$\alpha$ emission as has been done in many high temperature plasma devices, such as large helical device [ref2].

However, self-absorbed spectral lines other than hydrogen from tokamak emission in the visible range are not reported till now as per our knowledge. In Aditya-U tokamak, self-absorbed spectral line from neutral lithium has been observed for first time during recently carried out disruption mitigation experiment using a novel Inductive Pallet Injection system design, built and installed on Aditya-U tokamak [ref3]. With this system disruption mitigation experiment was carried out successfully by injecting few hundred milligrams of Li2TiO3 particle and resulting the quenching of the plasma in a few milliseconds through the intense radiation (figure-1). In this work, the detailed analysis of the self-absorbed spectral line are quantitatively evaluated using the radiation transport model to get the ground state lithium density and the atom layer thickness.

The Lithium neutral (670.8 nm 2s2S–2p2P)spectral line shape has been monitored during the disruption mitigation experiment using a space resolved spectroscopic system having capabilities to record the emissions from different lines of sight passing through various plasma radial locations was used to record the spatial profile of the radiation. The measurement system is having a 1 m long multi-track Spectrometer (MTS) and CCD detector with a reciprocal linear dispersion 0.0056 nm/pixel. During the time of disruption after the injection of particles, the recorded spectral line of the Li neutral showed a dip in intensity near its central wavelength. The spectral line shape is plotted in figure2. After thorough analysis of the spectral line-shape of the neutral Li, it has been concluded that the observed dip in the intensity near the line center in the emission spectra of Li is most likely related to the opacity effect due to the high density of lithium neutral during the time of the measurement. This observed spectral line-shape has been fitted with two Gaussian line profile one corresponding to emission spectrum and another corresponding to absorption spectrum. Figure2 shows the fitting of the observed spectral line by using a Gaussian profile corresponding to Doppler and Instrumental Broadening width along with a negative Gaussian profile present at near to the line center.

In this paper, the detailed investigation of the self-absorption of LiI spectral line emission has been carried out to understand the opacity effect. From this quantitative analysis using the radiation transport modeling the ground state lithium density and the atom layer thickness has been obtained. The absorption peak is also analyzed for obtaining the Li densities and its radial profile at the time of particles injection into the plasma during the disruption mitigation experiments.

Shot no #33317, a typical IPI discharge of 118 kA plasma current and 58 ms duration (c). IPI pulse present at 52-62 ms (d), this sharply mitigates the plasma disruption after the pulse, which is also reflected in impurity and Hα signal (a) & (b).

Best fit for the Lithum Gaussian profile  dashed simulating Doppler broadening 0.087 nm, also shown convoluted dotted with a 0.04 nm wide Lorentzian instrument function, and finally with opacity added to the initial Gaussian and again convoluted with the instrument function (solid line). The data are shown as solid squares representing individual pixels. The absorption dip near line center is simulated by a negative Gaussian width – 0.0205 nm, plotted with alternating dots and dashes.

References:

  1. Ghosh, J., et al. "Vacuum ultraviolet measurements on hydrogen resonance lines in the maryland centrifugal experiment." Physics of plasmas 12.3 (2005): 034501.
  2. Goto M. et al, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, S2089 (2010)
  3. Paper in this conference by R. L. Tanna et al
Affiliation The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru
Country or International Organization India

Primary authors

Nandini Yadava (Gujarat University) Joydeep Ghosh (Institute for Plasma Research) Malay Bikas Chowdhuri (Institute for Plasma Research) RANJANA MANCHANDA (INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH) Ritu Dey (Institute for Plasma Research) Dr Sripathi K. Punchithaya (The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore , Karnataka , India) Dr Ismayil (Manipal Institute of Technology MAHE) Ms Nilam Ramaiya (Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar-382 428, India.) Dr Sambaran Pahari (Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Computational Analysis Division) bharatkumar doshi (Institute for plasma research) Paritosh Chaudhuri (Institute for Plasma Research) Tanmay Macwan (Institute for Plasma Research) Suman Aich (Institute for Plasma Research) ROHIT KUMAR (Institute For Plasma Research) RAKESH TANNA (Institute for Plasma Research) Kumarpalsinh Jadeja (Institute for plasma Research) Kaushal Patel (Institute for Plasma Research) Sharvil Patel (Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University) Gaurav Shukla (Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University) Mr Suman Dolui (Institute for Plasma Research) Mr Kaushlender Singh (Institute for Plasma Research) Devilal Kumawat (Institute for plasma Research Bhat Gandhinagar) Mr C. N. Gupta (Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar-382 428, India.)

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