Measurement of electron particle transport coefficients in different operational modes of DIII-D

Electron transport coefficients have been obtained for different operational modes on the DIII-D tokamak. The operational modes are: double null diverted (DND) low confinement (L mode), DND high confinement (H mode) without edge localized modes (ELM-free), single null diverted (SND) ELM-free H mode and pumped SND ELMing H mode. Various values of plasma current and safety factor (q) profiles were investigated. For the L mode and ELMing H mode, the coefficients were obtained by a modulated puff of deuterium gas at the edge. For the ELM-free modes, the coefficients were obtained by analyzing the temporal evolution of the electron density profile immediately after the L-H transition. The results show clearly that the radial profile of the electron diffusion coefficient depends on the operational mode of DIII-D. The difference in the radial dependences of the transport coefficients between the different tokamak operational modes is significant. In the L mode and the ELMing H mode, the diffusion coefficient increases with radius. In ELMing H mode, the diffusion coefficient increases with the edge value of q. The value at the edge for L mode is about twice that for ELMing H mode. In ELM-free H mode, the diffusion coefficient decreases rapidly outside a normalized radius of about 0.8. Within the (relatively large) error bars for ELM-free H mode, there is no measurable difference in diffusion coefficient between the DND and SND plasmas. (author)