Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2005, 461 pages
It became clear in the early days of fusion research that the effects of the containment vessel (erosion of "impurities") degrade the overall fusion plasma performance. Progress in controlled nuclear fusion research over the last decade has led to magnetically confined plasmas that, in tu, are sufficiently powerful to damage the vessel structures over its lifetime. This book reviews current understanding and concepts to deal with this remaining critical design issue for fusion reactors. It reviews both progress and open questions, largely in terms of available and sought-after plasma-surface interaction data and atomic/molecular data related to these "plasma edge" issues.
Atomic and Surface Data Issues in Nuclear Fusion
Plasma–Wall Interaction: Status and Data Needs
Modeling of Fusion Edge Plasmas: Atomic and Molecular Data Issues
Energy Deposition from ELMs in Fusion Devices
Plasma Diagnostics
Molecular Diagnostics of Cold Edge Plasmas
Divertor Spectroscopy with Molecular Transport
High-Temperature Plasma Edge Diagnostics
X-ray Spectroscopy of High n Transitions of He- and Ne-Like Ions in Alcator C-Mod Plasmas
High-Temperature Plasmas Diagnostics by X-ray Spectroscopy in the Low Density Limit
Surface Processes and Material Issues
Review and Status of Physical Sputtering and Chemical Erosion of Plasma Facing Materials
Hydrogen Retention in and Release from Carbon Materials
Interaction of Low-Energy Ions and Hydrocarbon Radicals with Carbon Surfaces
Tritium Inventory in the Materials of the ITER Plasma-Facing Components
Mixed and High-Z Plasma-Facing Materials in TEXTOR
Beryllium and Liquid Metals as Plasma Facing Materials
Databases
IAEA Databases and Database Establishment Programs
NIFS DATABASE and Cooperation with IAEA DCN
The NIST Atomic Structure Databases
The Atomic Data and Analysis Structure
Collision Processes of Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen in Fusion Plasmas: The Cross-Section Data Status
Partial and Differential Electron Impact Ionization Cross-Sections for Small Hydrocarbon Molecules
It became clear in the early days of fusion research that the effects of the containment vessel (erosion of "impurities") degrade the overall fusion plasma performance. Progress in controlled nuclear fusion research over the last decade has led to magnetically confined plasmas that, in tu, are sufficiently powerful to damage the vessel structures over its lifetime. This book reviews current understanding and concepts to deal with this remaining critical design issue for fusion reactors. It reviews both progress and open questions, largely in terms of available and sought-after plasma-surface interaction data and atomic/molecular data related to these "plasma edge" issues.
Atomic and Surface Data Issues in Nuclear Fusion
Plasma–Wall Interaction: Status and Data Needs
Modeling of Fusion Edge Plasmas: Atomic and Molecular Data Issues
Energy Deposition from ELMs in Fusion Devices
Plasma Diagnostics
Molecular Diagnostics of Cold Edge Plasmas
Divertor Spectroscopy with Molecular Transport
High-Temperature Plasma Edge Diagnostics
X-ray Spectroscopy of High n Transitions of He- and Ne-Like Ions in Alcator C-Mod Plasmas
High-Temperature Plasmas Diagnostics by X-ray Spectroscopy in the Low Density Limit
Surface Processes and Material Issues
Review and Status of Physical Sputtering and Chemical Erosion of Plasma Facing Materials
Hydrogen Retention in and Release from Carbon Materials
Interaction of Low-Energy Ions and Hydrocarbon Radicals with Carbon Surfaces
Tritium Inventory in the Materials of the ITER Plasma-Facing Components
Mixed and High-Z Plasma-Facing Materials in TEXTOR
Beryllium and Liquid Metals as Plasma Facing Materials
Databases
IAEA Databases and Database Establishment Programs
NIFS DATABASE and Cooperation with IAEA DCN
The NIST Atomic Structure Databases
The Atomic Data and Analysis Structure
Collision Processes of Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen in Fusion Plasmas: The Cross-Section Data Status
Partial and Differential Electron Impact Ionization Cross-Sections for Small Hydrocarbon Molecules