Study of particle transport in ac plasmas on HT-7 tokamak

The particle transport coefficients were investigated in ac plasmas by density modulation method on HT-7 tokamak. It is observed that the particle diffusion coefficient (D) is almost the same in various cases and varies with the electron density. The convection velocity (V) is equal to the value of inward pinch velocity (VE×B) for low and high density discharges. The particle confinement time becomes much higher when the directions of plasma current and toroidal field are uniform.