Investigation on the influence of plasma properties and SOL transport on the particle flux profiles on divertor plates in the Large Helical Device

Particle flux profiles on the divertor plates and the electron temperature profiles in the scrape-off layer (SOL) in the Large Helical Device (LHD) heliotron were investigated with EMC3-EIRENE code. These profiles are modified during a discharge due to the changes of the edge plasma density and temperature those can cause the change of transport coefficient. Comparison of the edge electron temperature profiles between the measurements and the simulations revealed that the cross field transport coefficients in the LHD scrape-off layer depend on plasma parameters, especially electron temperature. For the particle flux profile on the divertor plates, the absolute value of the simulation results with the transport coefficient consistent with the edge temperature profile analysis were well agree with the experimental data, though the profile shapes of experimental data were not necessarily reproduced well by the simulation.