Plasmoid drift during vertical pellet injection in FTU discharges

MHD and plasmoids are key elements in pellet injection experiments on FTU. The plasmoid drift can take particles from the pellet ablation region to the q=1 surface in high field side (HFS) pellet injection on FTU. Then MHD reconnections could take density from that region to the plasma center. A strong MHD event would be triggered by the injected pellet in highcurrent(1.1 MA)discharges.Apreliminarycomparisonbetweenthepost-pellet experimental density profile in low current discharges (0.8 MA) and the result of a pellet ablation code is presented. Strong magnetic fluctuations develop during pellet ablation. They may be Alfvén waves generated by the drifting plasmoids, preliminary results are shown.