Radiation losses in divertor I of ASDEX Upgrade have been studied at high density when the divertor is detached. Spectroscopic measurements in the visible and VUV spectral range allow a characterization of both the impurity source and radiation. Despite very low target temperatures of 1 eV, carbon is released from the target with high rates by chemical sputtering. Power losses are estimated from the resonance lines of deuterium and the carbon ions. A comparison with bolometry shows that 80% of the emission can be ascribed to carbon and deuterium. The composition of the carbon emission is compared with results obtained on JT-60 and DIII-D. Using the Braams-Eirene model of the detached divertor the influence of transport on the power losses is investigated. By means of a realistic radiative loss function we find that the enhancement of maximum power input into the divertor by non-coronal effects is not more than a factor of two.
Study of impurity and radiative losses in divertor plasmas with absolutely calibrated VUV spectrometers in JT-60U