The present status of zonal flow experiments is reviewed with the historical process to attain
the concept of zonal flows, which provides a new framework for understanding turbulence …

Internal transport barriers in tokamak plasmas are explored in order to improve confinement
and stability beyond the reference scenario, used for the ITER extrapolation, and to achieve …

Although diagnostics are the essential tools of the experimental plasma physicist, there are
surprisingly few up-to-date books in this field. Several excellent volumes appeared in the …

Viable magnetic fusion devices necessitate combining good confinement with effective
power flux handling. A major concern for ITER, and devices beyond, is the divertor heat load …

Intermittent plasma objects (IPOs) featuring higher pressure than the surrounding plasma,
and responsible for∼ 50% of the E× BT radial transport, are observed in the scrape off layer …

Multimachine empirical scaling predicts an extremely narrow heat exhaust layer in future
high magnetic field tokamaks, producing high power densities that require mitigation. In the …

The two-dimensional (2D) radial vs poloidal structure of edge turbulence in the Alcator C-
Mod tokamak [IH Hutchinson, R. Boivin, PT Bonoli et al., Nucl. Fusion 41, 1391 (2001)] was …

Experimental drift turbulence and zonal flow studies in magnetically confined plasma
experiments are reviewed. The origins of drift waves, transition to drift turbulence and drift …

High-confinement (H-mode) operation is the choice for next-step tokamak devices based
either on conventional or advanced tokamak physics. This choice, however, comes at a …

The intermittent turbulent transport in the scrape-off-layer (SOL) of Alcator C-Mod [IH
Hutchinson, R. Boivin, PT Bonoli et al., Nucl. Fusion 41, 1391 (2001)] is studied …