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Plasma-Parameter Dependence of Ro-Vibrational Temperatures for $\mathrm{H}_2$ in LHD Divertor

Authors :
Fujii, Keisuke
Oshioka, Tsubasa
Niihama, Atsushi
Arseniy, Kuzmin
Shikama, Taiichi
Kobayashi, Masahiro
Hasuo, Masahiro
Group, the LHD Experiment
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We analyzed a thousand visible spectra of Fulcher-$\alpha$ band measured for divertor plasmas in Large Helical Device. With a coronal model and Baysian inference, the population distribution of hydrogen molecule in the electronical ground state were estimated. The non-thermal population distribution was recovered with a two-temperature model, which has two sets of rotational and vibrational temperatures, as well as their mixture coefficient. The lower rotational temperature significantly changes according to the plasma parameters. Its nearly linear dependence on the electron density was found, which is consistent with previous works. The lower vibrational temperature also shows a small density dependence, as reported by a previous work. On the other hand, the higher rotational and vibrational temperatures as well as the mixture coefficient only show slight changes over the broad range of plasma parameters. These population parameters show a significant correlation; with higher electron density, all the temperatures and the fraction of the higher-temperature component increase simultaneously. This suggests that the electron-impact plays an important role to determine the population distribution.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics - Plasma Physics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2302.08587
Document Type :
Working Paper