Abstract
The absolutely calibrated LLAMA diagnostic (LLAMA is the Lyman-Alpha Measurement Apparatus) has been recently installed on DIII-D [1, 2] to determine the neutral gas density (n0) profile and thereby, quantify the edge particle source in deuterium plasmas. In the initial diagnostic commissioning, absolutely calibrated Ly-α brightness profiles were measured at the high field side (HFS) and low field side (LFS) in high confinement mode with forward and reversed toroidal magnetic field (Bt) direction. The deuterium n0profiles and ionization rate profiles are reconstructed from the inverted Ly-α emissivity profiles, in combination with the electron density (ne) and electron temperature (Te) profiles, solving the rate equation system for the deuterium atom occupation density. LLAMA measurements exhibit HFS-LFS asymmetries in pedestal particle source, which depend on the Btdirection highlighting the importance of scrape-off layer (SOL) drift direction and the necessity to consider the full poloidal particle source distribution in edge transport analyses.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2021 |
Publisher | European Physical Society (EPS) |
Pages | 41-44 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781713837046 |
State | Published - 2021 |
Event | 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2021 - Sitges, Spain Duration: Jun 21 2021 → Jun 25 2021 |
Publication series
Name | 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2021 |
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Volume | 2021-June |
Conference
Conference | 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2021 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Sitges |
Period | 06/21/21 → 06/25/21 |
Funding
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, using the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility, under Awards DE-AC02-09CH11466, DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-FC02-04ER54698 and DE-SC0014264. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Officeof Sci-