Radiative Response on Massive Noble Gas Injection For Runaway Suppression in Disruptive Plasmas

Reiter, Bernhard (2010): Radiative Response on Massive Noble Gas Injection For Runaway Suppression in Disruptive Plasmas. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Physics

Abstract

The most direct way to avoid the formation of a relativistic electron beam under the influence of an electric field in a highly conducting plasma, is to increase the electron density to a value, where the retarding collisional force balances the accelerating one. In a disruptive tokamak plasma, rapid cooling induces a high electric field, which could easily violate the force balance and push electrons into the relativistic regime. Such relativistic electrons, the so-called runaways, accumulate many MeV's and can cause substantial damage when they hit the wall. This thesis is based on the principle of rapidly fueling the plasma for holding the force balance even under the influence of high electric fields typical for disruptions. The method of injecting high amounts of noble gas particles into the plasma from a close distance is put into practice in the ASDEX Upgrade fusion test facility. In the framework of this thesis, a multi-channel photometer system based on 144 AXUV detectors in a toroidal stereo measurement setup was built. It kept its promise to provide new insights into the transport mechanisms in a disruptive plasma under the influence of strong radiative interaction dynamics between injected matter and the hot plasma.

• Item Type: Theses (Dissertation, LMU Munich)
• Keywords: Relativistic electrons, AXUV diode, tokamak plasma disruption, heat load, massive gas injection, disruption mitigation
• Subjects: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics; 500 Natural sciences and mathematics > 530 Physics
• Faculties: Faculty of Physics
• Language: English
• Date of oral examination: 16. September 2010
• 1. Referee: Zohm, Hartmut
• Signature of the printed copy: 0001/UMC 19097