Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and at the divertor target in Alcator C-Mod and their relationship to divertor collisionality and density shoulder formation.

Kuang, A. Q.; LaBombard, B.; Brunner, D.; Garcia, O. E.; Kube, R.; Theodorsen, A.

doi:10.7910/DVN/EG2G2Y

Title: Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and at the divertor target in Alcator C-Mod and their relationship to divertor collisionality and density shoulder formation.

Abstract

Experiments indicate that the formation of density shoulders in the far scrape-off layer (SOL) is associated with an increase in cross-field transport and the propagation of coherent structures of high density known as blobs. It has been suggested that far SOL divertor collisionality (Λdiv) may be a controlling parameter in this physics, which could be challenging for heat flux mitigation schemes. At Alcator C-Mod, a new high spatial resolution divertor Langmuir probe array (rail probes) combined with a scanning Mirror Langmuir probe has been used to investigate this phenomenon in detail. Experiments were performed to mitigate divertor heat flux and thus increase Λdiv by two different methods and observe the divertor and scrape-off layer plasma response: (1) a 3-point density scan is found to increase the fluctuation intermittency at both the midplane and divertor, and produce a density shoulder at elevated Greenwald fraction; (2) a 3-point N2 seeding scan is found to increase the divertor strike point collisionality, by over two orders of magnitude yet no noticeable trend is observed in either the density profile or the fluctuation statistics. It is concluded that Λdiv near the strike point is not by itself a controlling parameter for SOL fluctuations and shouldermore »« less

Authors:: Kuang, A. Q.; LaBombard, B.; Brunner, D.; Garcia, O. E.; Kube, R.; Theodorsen, A.

Publication Date:: Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019

DOE Contract Number:: FC02-99ER54512

Research Org.:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

OSTI Identifier:: 1881329

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EG2G2Y

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                    Kuang, A. Q., LaBombard, B., Brunner, D., Garcia, O. E., Kube, R., and Theodorsen, A. Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and at the divertor target in Alcator C-Mod and their relationship to divertor collisionality and density shoulder formation..  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Kuang, A. Q., LaBombard, B., Brunner, D., Garcia, O. E., Kube, R., & Theodorsen, A. Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and at the divertor target in Alcator C-Mod and their relationship to divertor collisionality and density shoulder formation..  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EG2G2Y

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                    Kuang, A. Q., LaBombard, B., Brunner, D., Garcia, O. E., Kube, R., and Theodorsen, A. 2019.  
"Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and at the divertor target in Alcator C-Mod and their relationship to divertor collisionality and density shoulder formation.".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EG2G2Y.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1881329. Pub date:Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019

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@article{osti_1881329,

  title        = {Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and at the divertor target in Alcator C-Mod and their relationship to divertor collisionality and density shoulder formation.},

  author       = {Kuang, A. Q. and LaBombard, B. and Brunner, D. and Garcia, O. E. and Kube, R. and Theodorsen, A.},

  abstractNote = {Experiments indicate that the formation of density shoulders in the far scrape-off layer (SOL) is associated with an increase in cross-field transport and the propagation of coherent structures of high density known as blobs. It has been suggested that far SOL divertor collisionality (Λdiv) may be a controlling parameter in this physics, which could be challenging for heat flux mitigation schemes. At Alcator C-Mod, a new high spatial resolution divertor Langmuir probe array (rail probes) combined with a scanning Mirror Langmuir probe has been used to investigate this phenomenon in detail. Experiments were performed to mitigate divertor heat flux and thus increase Λdiv by two different methods and observe the divertor and scrape-off layer plasma response: (1) a 3-point density scan is found to increase the fluctuation intermittency at both the midplane and divertor, and produce a density shoulder at elevated Greenwald fraction; (2) a 3-point N2 seeding scan is found to increase the divertor strike point collisionality, by over two orders of magnitude yet no noticeable trend is observed in either the density profile or the fluctuation statistics. It is concluded that Λdiv near the strike point is not by itself a controlling parameter for SOL fluctuations and shoulder formation which is important for localized heat flux mitigation schemes targeting the strike point where heat flux is the greatest.},

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