A Fluid Model of Recombination and Ionization for Deduction of Flow Velocity in Magnetized Plasmas

For the analysis of atomic processes such as recombination and ionization in the divertor plasmas, a new fluid model on the ion collection to a probing object in magnetized plasma is developed including electron-ion recombination, molecular activated recombination and ionization. Density profiles and ratio of ion saturation currents are presented with ionization and recombination for the application to the Mach probe. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)