The effect of inner-shell ionization on intensities of lines from Mg I-like ions in Tokamak plasmas

M. Finkenthal*, B. C. Stratton, H. W. Moos, A. Bar Shalom, M. Klapisch

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Abstract

Tokamak spectra of the Mg I-like ions of high-Z elements (Z = 21-24), have consistently shown that the 3s21S0-3s3p3P1 intercombination line is brighter than expected relative to the 3s21S0-3s3p3P1 resonance line. The 3s3p3P2-3s3d3D3 transition is also found to be anomalously strong. The results of modeling measured relative intensities of Mg I-like selenium (Se XXIII) lines from Princeton large torus (PLT) tokamak spectra are presented. The observations cannot be explained by a level population model including only electron collisions and radiative decay between the levels of the Mg I-like ion. Agreement with the data is found when direct population of the 3s3p levels by inner-shell ionization of the Al I-like ion is included; indicating that these processes are important for Mg I-like ions at the temperatures and densities of tokamak plasmas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-74
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume108
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Mar 1985
Externally publishedYes

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