Plasma Diagnostics and Atomic Processes

Spectroscopic plasma diagnostics with the use of atomic processes are discussed relating to three subjects in the followings. i) Time resolved X-ray spectra of titanium helium-like ions from tokamaks. X-ray spectra observed from tokamak plasmas are analysed with a non-ionization equilibrium model which could explain the time behavior of both spectra and ion abundances. ii) Line intensity ratios of OV ions for temperature and density diagnostics. Intensity ratios of emission lines from OV ions are calculated for use in temperature and density diagnostics. The line emissions from a tokamak are analysed for the diagnostics of plasma periphery. iii) Collisional processes in hot dense plasmas. The collisional ladder-like excitation and ionization in a hot dense plasma are discussed for the dielectronic states. This process enhances the excitation rate coefficients and decreases the resonance contribution to the excitation cross section