Effect of Detachment and Reattachment on Edge Density Pedestal Structure and Neutral Ionization in DIII-D
2025 Research Campaign, Thrust: High Opacity and Density Operation
Purpose of Experiment
a)Evaluate and characterize the high electron density in the HFS SOL, and its connection to inner and outer divertor detachment. b)Determine the effect of different poloidal puffing locations in the onset of the outer leg detachment, the characteristics of the ionization profiles/fueling measured by LLAMA and the effect on the pedestal performance when reaching detachment on the outer leg. c)Evaluate the relation between pedestal and separatrix density with the divertor condition for the different puffing locations through the process of detachment and reattachment, evaluating any hysteresis effect on the relation between core/edge profiles and divertor conditions.