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@ARTICLE{Brezinsek:858315,
author = {Brezinsek, S. and Pospieszczyk, A. and Sergienko, G. and
Dux, R. and Cavedon, M. and Faitsch, M. and Krieger, K.},
title = {{C}hemically assisted physical sputtering of {T}ungsten:
{I}dentification via the 6 Π → 6 Σ + transition of {WD}
in {TEXTOR} and {ASDEX} {U}pgrade plasmas},
journal = {Nuclear materials and energy},
volume = {18},
issn = {2352-1791},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-07203},
pages = {50 - 55},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Tungsten (W) is a preferred plasma-facing material for
areas of high particle and power impact in present day and
future fusion devices. The lifetime of W plasma-facing
components (PFCs) under steady-state conditions is limited
by erosion processes induced by energetic impinging
particles such as impurities (carbon C, oxygen O, nitrogen
N, etc.) and hydrogen isotopes above the threshold energy
for Physical Sputtering (PS). We discovered for the first
time, in addition to the bare physical sputtering process of
W, a second W erosion mechanism at PFCs in TEXTOR (limiter
surfaces) and ASDEX Upgrade (divertor target plates) during
deuterium plasma bombardment. The tungsten deuteride
molecule WD has been identified spectroscopically via the
transition in parallel to ordinary neutral W line emission
of the WI transition
(5d5(6S)6s 7S3 → 5d5(6S)6p 7P4) at used as measure
to quantify the bare PS process or, more precisely, the
gross erosion of W. We identified the underlying process for
the molecular release as Chemically Assisted Physical
Sputtering (CAPS) as observed also in the case of beryllium
or lanthanum. Measurements in TEXTOR and ASDEX Upgrade
showed a dependence of the WD band emission on the surface
temperature - connected to the deuterium content in the near
W surface - as well as on the flux and energy of impinging
energetic particles. A quantification of the released WD is
not yet possible due to lack of appropriate molecular data
for the conversion of photons into particles, but the
spatially resolved ratio of atomic (WI) and molecular photon
flux (WD) indicates that the release takes place at the same
time, but differently distributed along the target plates
and limiters reflecting the variation in the described
critical parameters (impinging ion flux, ion impact energy,
and material temperature) along the surface. The plasma
conditions in front of the interaction zone are in both
cases fully ionising with an electron temperature
Te > 10eV, thus, recombination into WD can be excluded.},
cin = {IEK-4},
ddc = {624},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-4-20101013},
pnm = {174 - Plasma-Wall-Interaction (POF3-174)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-174},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000460107500010},
doi = {10.1016/j.nme.2018.12.004},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/858315},
}