This paper reviews current understanding of key physics elements that control the H-mode
pedestal structure, which exists at the boundary of magnetically confined plasmas. The …

Fusion performance in tokamaks hinges critically on the efficacy of the edge transport barrier
(ETB) in suppressing energy losses. The new concept of'fingerprints' is introduced to identify …

Fusion performance has been shown to be related to the H-mode pedestal structure. The
pedestal is associated with steep gradients that are the source of free energy for …

In order to understand the mechanisms that determine the structure of the high confinement
mode (H-mode) pedestal, the evolution of the plasma edge electron density and …

The mission of HL-2A is to explore the key physical topics relevant to ITER and to the
advanced tokamak operation (eg the operation of future HL-2M), such as the access of H …

Experiments on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak have utilized reactor-relevant magnetic fields to
sustain substantially higher pedestal pressure than in other devices and allow close …

Prior to eruptive events such as edge localized modes (ELMs), quasicoherent fluctuations,
referred to as pedestal modes, are observed in the edge of fusion devices. We report on the …

A variety of experimental studies on pedestal localized fluctuations appearing in between
crashes of edge localized modes (ELMs) across several tokamaks have been reviewed and …

Measurements of local density and magnetic field fluctuations near the pedestal top,
conditionally averaged over the edge localized mode (ELM) cycle, have been made in Mega …

Turbulent transport of impurity ions with hollow density profiles (HDPs), which are widely
observed in magnetically confined plasmas and desirable for fusion reactor, is self …