Radiated power distributions in impurity-seeded plasmas in LHD

Abstract In LHD, impurity seeding has been performed to enhance the radiative cooling in the edge region. Neon, nitrogen and argon were seeded by gas puffing, and the behaviour of those impurities in the plasma was investigated with the innovative diagnostic method. Two bolometer arrays were used to measure the two-dimensional radiated power distribution. Using the tomographic technique, radiated power distributions on a poloidal plane can be obtained with the high time resolution. During the discharge with neon puff, considerable radiation from the core region was observed, in addition to the strong edge radiation. In spite of the highly radiated power, plasma did not result in the radiation collapse. On the other hand, in the nitrogen-seeded discharge, the strong radiation only from the peripheral region was observed. Different time evolutions of the total radiated power between neon and nitrogen seeded discharges were observed after stopping each impurity puff.