AIP Advances (Dec 2024)

Behavior of detached simulation plasma by suddenly changed particle flux in GAMMA 10/PDX

  • Masayuki Yoshikawa,
  • Junko Kohagura,
  • Naomichi Ezumi,
  • Tsuyoshi Kariya,
  • Ryutaro Minami,
  • Tomoharu Numakura,
  • Mafumi Hirata,
  • Satoshi Togo,
  • Mizuki Sakamoto,
  • Yousuke Nakashima,
  • Yoriko Shima,
  • Takuma Okamoto,
  • Satoshi Takahashi,
  • Ryo Yasuhara,
  • Ichihiro Yamada,
  • Hisamichi Funaba,
  • Naoki Kenmochi,
  • Shinji Kobayashi,
  • Takashi Minami,
  • Daisuke Kuwahara,
  • Hennie V. D. Meiden

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0241333
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 12
pp. 125324 – 125324-10

Abstract

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Plasma detachment is one of the most significant factors affecting nuclear fusion reactors. GAMMA 10/PDX has a divertor simulation experimental module (D-module) for detached plasma studies in the end region. To investigate the effect of suddenly changing the higher-density particle flux into the detached plasma condition, similar to edge-localized mode simulations, we performed supersonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) and electron cyclotron heating (ECH) experiments to produce a higher-density and higher-temperature core plasma and introduced it to the divertor simulation plasma in the D-module. With the application of ECH, the detached plasma moved to the attached condition. Moreover, with the injection of SMBI into the ECH-injected plasma, the attached plasma moved to a detached condition. This study revealed the effect of sudden changes in the particle flux on detached simulation plasma for the first time.