Electrostatic transport in L-mode scrape-off layer plasmas in the Tore Supra tokamak. I. Particle balance
- Center for Momentum Transport and Flow Organisation, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California 92093 (United States)
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Recherche pour la Fusion Magnetique Controlee, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance (France)
- Laboratoire de Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moleculaires, UMR 6633 Universite de Provence/CNRS, Centre de St. Jerome, F-13397 Marseille, Cedex-20 (France)
Particle balance is investigated using a Mach probe at the top of the scrape-off layer of circular ohmically heated L-mode plasmas in the Tore Supra tokamak [G. Giruzzi etal., Nucl. Fusion 49, 104010 (2009)]. Contributions from both poloidal EXB flows and ionization sources are found to be small. As a result the local parallel flow is a response of the radial flux distribution between the two strike points of open field lines, and the density profile is determined by the field-line-integrated radial flux. By scanning the poloidal position of the strike point on a secondary limiter situated at the outboard midplane, an indirect poloidal mapping of the radial flux distribution is obtained. The radial flux is centered at the outboard midplane and is relatively well described by a Gaussian distribution of half poloidal width of about 50 Degree-Sign at the last closed flux surface, decaying to about 30 Degree-Sign in the far scrape-off layer. The turbulent radial flux measured locally with a rake probe shows a reasonable agreement with the poloidal mapping obtained by the Mach probe. It is shown than the radial convective velocity decays along radius at the plasma top but should increase with radius at the outboard midplane.
- OSTI ID:
- 22072556
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 7; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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