A blob-filament (or simply “blob”) is a magnetic-field-aligned plasma structure which is
considerably denser than the surrounding background plasma and highly localized in the …

In this paper we review some theoretical aspects of the dynamics of the mesoscale filaments
extending along the magnetic field lines in the edge plasma, which are often called 'blobs' …

Plasma 'blobs', which are localized enhanced density structures, have been widely
observed in the turbulent edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) of several tokamaks. They are …

A two-region model is proposed to study the effect of collisionality and magnetic geometry
on electrostatic turbulence and on the propagation of filamentary coherent structures (blobs) …

The first experimental evidence showing the connection between blob/hole formation and
zonal-flow generation was obtained in the edge plasma of the JET tokamak. Holes as well …

High-speed high-spatial-resolution data obtained by the gas puff imaging (GPI) diagnostic
on the National Spherical Torus Experiment [M. Ono, MG Bell, RE Bell et al Plasma Phys …

The intermittent character of turbulent transport is investigated with Langmuir probes in the
scrape-off layer and across the separatrix of ASDEX Upgrade Ohmic discharges. Radial …

The formation of plasma blobs is studied by analyzing their trajectories in a gyrofluid
simulation in the vicinity of the separatrix. Most blobs arise at the maximum radial electric …

The edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) region of a tokamak plasma is considered, with
emphasis on sheared flow generation and the dynamics of blob-filaments. Both numerical …

Saturation mechanisms for two-dimensional (2D) edge turbulence are studied in a
Braginskii-type fluid model using the scrape-off-layer turbulence code. The simulations study …