Transport and turbulence in Tore Supra

Several discharges have been analysed in Tore Supra in order to improve the understanding of anomalous transport. In ohmic discharges, it has been shown that both particle and heat diffusion coefficients improve with an increasing density, then saturate. The level of edge density fluctuations behave in the same way. The level of edge density fluctuations remains constant in most discharges with additional heating (up to 8 MW). In practice, it only depends on edge conditions. On the contrary, the level of core magnetic fluctuations increases systematically with any additional power. Finally, a lowering of the level of the edge density fluctuations has been observed when using the Tore Supra ergodic divertor. This improvement is accompanied by the onset of a temperature pedestal between the plasma bulk and the ergodic layer. (author). 38 refs., 11 figs