The dynamic ergodic divertor in TEXTOR—A novel tool for studying magnetic perturbation field effects

Recently TEXTOR has been upgraded by the installation of the dynamic ergodic divertor (DED). The purpose of the DED is to influence transport parameters in plasma edge and core and to study the resulting effects on heat exhaust, edge cooling, impurity screening, plasma confinement and stability. Alternatively, the DED creates static or rotating multipolar helical magnetic perturbation fields of different mode patterns. A set of 16 helical coils has been installed on the inboard high-field side of the vacuum vessel. Rotating fields of up to 10 kHz can be generated. A novel coil design has been developed which fulfills the various mechanical, electrical, high frequency, thermal, and vacuum requirements. In addition to the various technical aspects of the DED design, implementation and commissioning, highlights of recent experiments will be presented. In particular the impact of the perturbation field on MHD stability and plasma rotation will be addressed.