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Author(s):
S. - I. Itoh
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Title:
H-mode Physics, -Experimental Observations and Model Theories-, Lecture Notes, Spring College on Plasma Physics, May 27 - June 21 1991 at International Centre for Theoretical Physics ( IAEA UNESCO ) Trieste, Italy
Date of publication:
June 1991
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Key words:
H-mode, L/H Transition, ELMs, Theoretical models, Experimental Observations, Review
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Abstract:
After the discovery of the H-mode in ASDEX ( a tokamak in Germany ) the transition between the L-mode ( Low confinement mode ) and H-mode ( High confinement mode ) has been observed in many tokamaks in the world. The H-mode has made a break-through in improving the plasma parameters and has been recognized to be a universal phenomena. Since its discovery, the extensive studies both in experiment and in theory have been made. The research on H-mode has been casting new problems of an anomalous transport across the magnetic surface. This series of lectures will provide a brief review of experiments for explaining H-mode and a model theory of H-mode transition based on the electric field bifurcation. If the time is available, a new theoretical model of the temporal evolution of the H-mode will be given.
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