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Particle transport constraints via Bayesian spectral fitting of multiple atomic lines

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Title Particle transport constraints via Bayesian spectral fitting of multiple atomic lines
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0DG1IM
 
Creator F. Sciortino, N. M. Cao, N. T. Howard, E. S. Marmar, J. E. Rice
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Optimized operation of fusion devices demands detailed understanding of plasma transport, a problem that must be addressed with advances in both measurement and data analysis techniques. In this work, we adopt Bayesian inference methods to determine experimental particle transport, leveraging opportunities from high-resolution He-like ion spectra in a tokamak plasma. The Bayesian spectral fitting code is used to analyze resonance (w), forbidden (z), intercombination (x, y), and satellite (k, j) lines of He-like Ca following laser blow-off injections on Alcator C-Mod. This offers powerful transport constraints since these lines depend differently on electron temperature and density, but also differ in their relation to Li-like, He-like, and H-like ion densities, often the dominant Ca charge states over most of the C-Mod plasma radius. Using synthetic diagnostics based on the AURORA package, we demonstrate improved effectiveness of impurity transport inferences when spectroscopic data from a progressively larger number of lines are included.
 
Subject Physics
Alcator C-Mod
bayesian inference
spectroscopy
tokamak
transport