Nuclear Fusion Research

R. E. H. Clark is the Head of the Atomic and Molecular Data Unit of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He has an extensive background in the calculation of cross sections for electron impact excitation of atomic ions. He and co-workers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed computational tools for the calculation of atomic structure and cross sections for excitation and ionization of atomic ions. These calculated data have been used in extensive modelling calculations of plasmas for a number of applications, including fusion energy research.

Atomic and Surface Data Issues in Nuclear Fusion.- Plasma-Wall Interaction: Status and Data Needs.- Modeling of Fusion Edge Plasmas: Atomic and Molecular Data Issues.- Energy Deposition from ELMs in Fusion Devices.- Plasma Diagnostics.- Molecular Diagnostics of Cold Edge Plasmas.- Divertor Spectroscopy with Molecular Transport.- High-Temperature Plasma Edge Diagnostics.- X-ray Spectroscopy of High n Transitions of He- and Ne-Like Ions in Alcator C-Mod Plasmas.- High-Temperature Plasmas Diagnostics by X-ray Spectroscopy in the Low Density Limit.- Surface Processes and Material Issues.- Review and Status of Physical Sputtering and Chemical Erosion of Plasma Facing Materials.- Hydrogen Retention in and Release from Carbon Materials.- Interaction of Low-Energy Ions and Hydrocarbon Radicals with Carbon Surfaces.- Tritium Inventory in the Materials of the ITER Plasma-Facing Components.- Mixed and High-Z Plasma-Facing Materials in TEXTOR.- Beryllium and Liquid Metals as Plasma Facing Materials.- Databases.- IAEA Databases and Database Establishment Programs.- NIFS DATABASE and Cooperation with IAEA DCN.- The NIST Atomic Structure Databases.- The Atomic Data and Analysis Structure.- Collision Processes of Atomic and Molecular Hydrogen in Fusion Plasmas: The Cross-Section Data Status.- Partial and Differential Electron Impact Ionization Cross-Sections for Small Hydrocarbon Molecules.