Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 313, Issue -, Pages 768-776Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(02)01426-5
Keywords
ELM; boundary transport; transient heat flux; pedestal
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We report on DIII-D data that reveal the underlying processes responsible for transport of energy and particles from the edge pedestal to the divertor target during Type I edge-localized modes (ELMs). The separate convective and conductive transport of energy due to an ELM is determined by Thomson scattering measurements of electron density and temperature in the pedestal. Conductive transport is measured as a drop in pedestal temperature and decreases with increasing density. The convective transport of energy, measured as a loss of density from the pedestal, however, remains constant as a function of density. From the SOL, ELM energy is quickly carried to the divertor target. An expected sheath limit to the ELM heat flux set by the slower arrival of pedestal ions is overcome by additional ionization of neutrals generated from the divertor target as evidenced by a fast, similar to100 mus, rise in divertor density. A large in/out asymmetry of the divertor ELM heat flux is observed at high density, but becomes nearly symmetric at low density. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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