Abstract
The results of divertor studies on ASDEX Upgrade, at currents of up to 1.2 MA and heating powers up to 10 MW are described, with emphasis on the ELMy H-mode. The spatial and temporal characteristics of their heat load, and the simulation of ELMs by a time-dependent scrape-off layer code are described. High gas puff rates were found to lead to a large increase in divertor neutral pressure, at modest changes in ne, and to a strong reduction in time-averaged power flow and complete detachment from both target plates in between ELMs. Using pre-programmed puffs of neon and argon, the radiative power losses could be raised to 75% of the heating power, in H-regime discharges, and the regime of enhanced divertor neutral pressure was found also to lead to an improved pumping of recycling impurities.
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