The de Haas-van Alphen effect and magnetic impurities

The de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) effect in alloys containing magnetic impurities is a good tool to investigate the Kondo effect. We discuss first differences between the dHvA experiment for magnetic impurities and for nonmagnetic impurities. Then a review is made on the extent to which experimental data can be interpreted theoretically. The main part is devoted to theoretical analysis of Cu-based alloys, for which systematic data are available.     

Investigation of Impurity Ion Transport with Laser Blow-off in HL-2A Tokamak

Non-recycling impurities are injected into ohmic HL-2A plasma for the first time. The impurities of titanium and aluminium are injected in the discharges with varying plasma density and current. The convection and diffusion process of the injected impurity ions during the inward phase are qualitatively investigated. The results show that the transport of impurities is much slower in the central region of the plasma than outside of it and that it is greatly enhanced during sawtooth crashes.     

Disruption mitigation using laser ablation of high-Z impurities in HL-1M tokamak

A preliminary experiment triggering a plasma current quench by laser ablation of high-Z impurities has been performed in the HL-1M tokamak. The injection of impurities with higher electric charges into tokamak plasmas can increase the radiation cooling of the plasma. Resistive, highly radiating plasma formed prior to the thermal quench can dissipate both the thermal and magnetic energies, which is possibly a simple and potential approach to reducing significantly the plasma thermal energy and magnetic energy before a disruption thereby a safe plasma termination is obtained.     

Multiscaling dynamics of impurity transport in drift-wave turbulence

Intermittency effects and the associated multiscaling spectrum of exponents are investigated for impurities advection in tokamak edge plasmas. The two-dimensional Hasagawa-Wakatani model of resistive drift-wave turbulence is used as a paradigm to describe edge tokamak turbulence. Impurities are considered as a passive scalar advected by the plasma turbulent flow. The use of the extended self-similarity technique shows that the structure function relative scaling exponent of impurity density and vorticity follows the She-Leveque model. This confirms the intermittent character of the impurities advection in the turbulent plasma flow and suggests that impurities are advected by vorticity filaments.     

Two-Dimensional Two-Component Plasma with Adsorbing Impurities

We study the behavior of the two-dimensional two-component plasma in the presence of some adsorbing impurities. Using a solvable model, we find analytic expressions for the thermodynamic properties of the plasma such as the n-body densities, the grand potential, and the pressure. We specialize in the case where there are one or two adsorbing point impurities in the plasma, and in the case where there are one or two parallel adsorbing lines. In the former case we study the effective interaction between the impurities, due to the charge redistribution around them. The latter case is a model for electrodes with adsorbing sticky sites on their surface.     

de Haas-van Alphen effect in superconductors

A theory of the de Haas-van Alphen effect in type-II superconductors is proposed. The effect of the electron scattering by nonmagnetic impurities in a magnetic field in the potential produced by a nonuniform distribution of the order parameter in a mixed state is investigated. The magnitude of the order parameter and quasiparticle density of states are determined from the solution of the system of Gor’kov equations. It is shown that in the presence of even a small amount of impurities, the superconducting state near the upper critical field is gapless. In this region, the oscillatory (in the magnetic field) contribution to the density of states and the characteristic damping of the amplitude of the magnetization oscillations in the superconducting state are found. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 112, 1873–1892 (November 1997)     

靶等离子体真空紫外光谱研究

本文叙述了在靶等离子体实验装置上做的真空紫外区(500—2000)光谱实验。分析和研究了等离子体光谱,杂质成分、杂质来源和等离子体喷枪的发射机制。     

Influence of radiative processes on the ignition of deuterium–tritium plasma containing inactive impurities

The degree of influence of radiative processes on the ignition of deuterium–tritium (DT) plasma has been theoretically studied as dependent on the content of inactive impurities in plasma. The analytic criterion of plasma ignition in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets is modified taking into account the absorption of intrinsic radiation from plasma in the ignition region. The influence of radiative processes on the DT plasma ignition has been analytically and numerically studied for plasma that contains a significant fraction of inactive impurities either as a result of DT fuel mixing with ICF target ablator material or as a result of using light metal DT-hydrides as solid noncryogenic fuel. It has been shown that the effect of the absorption of intrinsic radiation leads to lower impurity-induced increase in the ignition energy as compared to that calculated in the approximation of optically transparent ignition region.     

The Ratio of Particle Flux of the Hydrogen to Carbon on Divertor Configuration in HL-2A Tokamak

Interactions of plasma with the walls lead to particle release by various mechanisms and the amount of impurities in the plasma core limits the performance of the device. It is very important to get the particle fluxes for understanding the releasing mechanisms of impurities. The spectroscopic measurements to determine the impurity influx from localized surfaces in tokamak plasma is described in detail in Ref. Determined the origin of the chromium influxes by this method in ASDEX during ICRF heating were reported in Ref.     

用激光吹气注入高Z杂质使HL-1M托卡马克放电安全终止的研究

采用高Z杂质注入HL-1M等离子体中, 触发等离子体电流衰竭的实验已经施行.用激光吹气注入高Z杂质能够增加辐射冷却，等离子体在-3ms时间内迅速冷却而且在电流终止之前电子温度损失约80%.实验证明：它是一种使得大型聚变实验装置上在放电破裂之前显著减少等离子体中热能而且安全终止放电的简单、快速和有效的途径. 关键词： 高Z杂质 破裂 等离子体终止 激光吹气     

Siliconization for Wall Conditioning in the HL-2A Tokamak

The sputtering of impurities is caused by the interactions between plasma and the first wall, and the recycling of the gas affects the particle and energy transport of plasmas with a complicated mechanism in plasma operation. It is important for present tokarnaks to achieve a good confinement and high performance plasmas by means of controls of the vacuum condition, usage of low Z materials, control of the recycling of neutral particles and suppressions of the appearances and yield of impurities. For higher plasma parameters, some of the first wall of HL-2A is covered with graphite materials and carbon fiber tiles. Hence the studies on the in-situ coating application and development, and the interactions between the coating film and plasma are needed to effectively control the impurity, improve plasma confinement and achieve high performance plasma.     

HL—1装置的金属杂质沉积实验

采用立体探针与二次离子质谱计（ＳＩＭＳ）分析相结合，对ＨＬ－１装置刮削层空间的杂质沉积特性和分布规律进行了实验研究。测量了在石墨活动孔栏条件下，立体针表面杂质沉积特性和分布规律进行了实验研究。测量了在石墨活动孔栏条件下，立体探针表面杂质沉积的径向分布，纵向分布，极向分布和Ｈ＾＋剖面分布。并讨论了实验结果。     

A spectroscopic study of laser injected metallic impurities into TFR tokamak plasmas

Vanadium, chromium, and nickel have been injected into TFR tokamak plasmas by using the laser injection technique. Spectroscopic studies show that the particle confinement time increases as the impurities diffuse towards the plasma center. Moreover, the confinement time of laser-injected vanadium impurities has been found to increase with the mass of background plasma ions.     

Structures of the particles of the condensed dispersed phase in solid fuel combustion products plasma

The results of experimental investigations of a type of dusty plasma which has been least studied—the plasma of solid fuel combustion products—were presented. Experiments to determine the parameters of the plasma of the combustion products of synthetic solid fuels with various compositions together with simultaneous diagnostics of the degree of ordering of the structures of the particles of the dispersed condensed phase were performed. The measurements showed that the charge composition of the plasma of the solid fuels combustion products depends strongly on the easily ionized alkali-metal impurities which are always present in synthetic fuel in one or another amount. An ordered arrangement of the particles of a condensed dispersed phase in structures that form in a boundary region between the high-temperature and condensation zones was observed for samples of aluminum-coated solid fuels with a low content of alkali-metal impurities.     

Mitigation and prediction of disruption on the HL-2A Tokamak

Injection of high-Z impurities into plasma has been proved to be able to reduce the localized thermal load and mechanical forces on the in-vessel components and the vacuum vessel, caused by disruptions in Tokamaks. An advanced prediction and mitigation system of disruption is implemented in HL-2A to safely shut down plasmas by using the laser ablation of high-Z impurities with a perturbation real-time measuring and processing system. The injection is usually triggered by the amplitude and frequency of the MHD perturbation field which is detected with a Mirnov coil and leads to the onset of a mitigated disruption within a few milliseconds. It could be a simple and potential approach to significantly reducing the plasma thermal energy and magnetic energy before a disruption, thereby achieving safe plasma termination. The plasma response to impurity injection, a mechanism for improving plasma thermal and current quench in major disruptions, the design of the disruption prediction warner, and an evaluation of the mitigation success rate are discussed in the present paper.     

磁压缩系统中热脱附杂质粒子研究

磁压缩系统为俄罗斯实验物理研究院提出的核聚变方案。磁压缩系统腔室中杂质粒子可能来源于热脱附、等离子体刮削器壁等途径。利用ANSYS工具模拟5 MA脉冲电流流过腔室,并给出电极温度的二维分布图,结合研究小尺寸铜样品上杂质的解吸附来分析磁压缩系统腔室中热脱附过程产生的杂质粒子。通过测量3 keV的Ar+离子入射到Cu(110),Cu(111)样品表面的飞行时间谱,分析样品表面吸附的杂质种类,以及样品表面杂质含量随温度的变化关系。研究表明杂质粒子含量跟电极温度有关联性,且跟电极材料表面结构相关。     

HL—1装置SiC涂层辐照实验的表面分析

本文应用表面分析技术研究HL-1装置中SiC涂层的等离子体辐照性能。结果表明,SiC材料应用于孔栏和壁涂层有利于减少杂质和提高等离子体品质。     

利用可见轫致辐射计算EAST有效电荷数

利用弦积分的可见轫致辐射计算了先进实验超导托卡马克(EAST)的有效电荷数。对比分析EAST硼化前后的杂质含量,硼化后有效电荷数减小约40%,碳杂质含量减小约50%。统计分析了2009年EAST春季实验的有效放电,显示有效电荷数与碳杂质线辐射量存在很强的线性关系,得到的拟合系数是3.4~5.8,与等离子体电流和低杂波辅助加热功率都有明确的依赖关系。利用近紫外可见波段全谱对主要杂质的含量进行比较后显示,碳是最主要的杂质,大于其它轻杂质含量。同时,还介绍了新建成的多道轫致辐射诊断系统。     

A Diagnostic Method for Time Resolved Spatial Profile Measurements of Proton and Impurity Density and Temperature

A new diagnostic technique, based on elastic scattering of neutral atoms off the plasma ions, is proposed and analyzed. Space and time resolved measurements of the number densities and temperatures of the various components of the plasma are possible by energy analysis of the scattered neutral atoms. The ability to resolve ions of different masses is limited by ion thermal motion and the energy and angular dependence of the scattering cross sections. In hydrogenic plasmas with impurities, the scattering by the impurities is easily resolvable from the scattering of protons, even when the individual impurity contributions cannot be separately resolved. Detected particle count rates are calculated for a conceputal system for a tokamak plasma (n ~ 1013 cm-3, Ti ~ 300 eV). Time resolution of ~ 10 ms with spatial resolution of a few cm are predicted.     

Collector Probe Measurements of Impurity Fluxes Injected into the Plasma of the T-10 Tokamak

It is shown that the efflux of impurities injected into the core plasma can be detected by collector probes in the scrape-off plasma. The time evolution, orientation and radial dependences of these effluxes allow to conclude on the impurity confinement in the core plasma and the scrape-off plasma. Moreover, recycling effects can also be measured.