Abstract
In the DIII-D tokamak, we measure the downstream target plate heat flux with an IRTV camera and relate it to Thomson and Langmuir probe profile measurements of ne and Te in the scrape-off layer (SOL) by projecting all measurements to the out-board midplane in order to assess the competition between parallel and cross-field heat transport. We analyze the measured characteristic widths associated with the SOL and model the results with the UEDGE code to provide insight into the mechanisms defining the various widths and the implications they have on transport.Analysis of the scaling of the heat flux width reveals an essentially inverse dependence on Ip. The Bt dependence is extremely weak to non-existent. No dependence was found on the shear and normalized pressure gradient at the 95% flux surface (s95, α95), nor on PSOL, ne or Pinj.
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