LIF measurements on an atomic helium beam in the edge of a fusion plasma

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Krychowiak, M ^a   Mertens, Ph ^b   Konig R ^a   Schweer, B ^b   Brezinsek, S ^b   Schmitz, O ^b   Brix, M ^c   Samm, U ^b   Klinger, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

^c CCFE Fusion Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FLUORESCENCE; FUSION REACTIONS; HELIUM; LASER BEAMS; LASER EXCITATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; OPTICAL PUMPING; PLASMA TURBULENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PULSED LASERS;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; ATOMIC HELIUM BEAMS; COLLISIONAL RADIATIVE MODEL; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION TRANSFER; SIMULATION PROCEDURES; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 45749144706     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/50/6/065015     Document Type: Article

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