Up-Dating Of Atomic Data Needed For Ionisation Balance Evaluations of Krypton and Molybdenum

Abstract

Atomic data for both ionization and recombination of Kr and Mo ions are reviewed, since the rate coefficients for these processes need to be regularly up-dated following the publication of new theoretical calculations and new experimental data. Kr is used in magnetic-confinement-fusion devices to produce a peripheral radiating mantle meant to spread the heat confinement-load on the plasma-facing components. In a few tokamaks Mo tiles cover the plasma-facing surfaces, acting in most cases as a plasma-column limiter. The collected atomic data represent the state of the art on the ionization and recombination data for the two considered elements. Samples of rates are proposed for both ionization and recombination along with tables of the fractional abundances at ionization equilibrium. The proposed rates should be included in codes that simulate the impurity behavior in magnetic-confinement-fusion devices, i.e., when radial transport is added to ionization and recombination to predict spatially resolved charge-state distributions that are to be compared with experimental results

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