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 …

Progress, since the ITER Physics Basis publication (ITER Physics Basis Editors et al 1999
Nucl. Fusion 39 2137–2664), in understanding the processes that will determine the …

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 …

We describe a new version of GBS, a 3D global, flux-driven plasma turbulence code to
simulate the turbulent dynamics in the tokamak scrape-off layer (SOL), superseding the code …

Reviews of Plasma Physics Volume 22, contains two reviews. The first Cooperative Effects
in Plasmas by the late BB Kadomtsev is based on the second edition of the author's book in …

Two-dimensional fluid simulations of interchange turbulence for geometry and parameters
relevant for the scrape-off layer of magnetized plasmas are presented. The computations …

Numerical fluid simulations of interchange turbulence for geometry and parameters relevant
to the boundary region of magnetically confined plasmas are shown to result in intermittent …

First principles expressions are given for the parameters governing collisional diffusion and
parallel losses of mass, momentum and energy in tokamak scrape-off layer (SOL) plasmas …

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 …

Two-dimensional fluid simulations of scrape-off layer (SOL) turbulence with non-constrained
energy content (flux driven) are characterized by profile relaxation and strong outward bursts …