Three-dimensional analysis of the effect of the ergodic magnetic field line structure on particle fueling in the large helical device

The particle fueling via the ergodic magnetic field line structure formed around the core plasma is investigated by using a CCD camera with an Hα interference filter and a fully three-dimensional neutral particle transport simulation. The measurements of the plasma density profile and the calculations of the radial profile of the particle fueling rate in additional gas fueling experiments show inward plasma transport from around the last closed magnetic surface (LCMS) into the core plasma. The analyses of the particle fueling rate in various plasma density cases prove that the dependence of the particle fueling inside of the LCMS on the line averaged plasma density agrees with that of the measured increments of the plasma content due to the gas fueling, which indicates that particle fueling just inside of the LCMS can effectively contribute to the core plasma density by the effect of the inward plasma transport in large helical device plasmas.