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 …

Information theory provides an interdisciplinary method to understand important phenomena
in many research fields ranging from astrophysical and laboratory fluids/plasmas to …

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 …

A magnetic divertor1 in a tokamak provides heat and particle exhaust and shields the main
plasma from impurity contamination. Heat and particles are transported from the plasma …

Some of the remaining crucial plasma edge physics and plasma–material interaction issues
of the ITER tokamak are discussed in this paper, using either modelling or projections of …

This paper presents the results of a preliminary assessment conducted to estimate the
thermal response and erosion lifetime of the ITER divertor targets clad either with carbon …

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 …

The nature of intermittency, long observed in magnetic fusion devices, was revisited lately
[G. Antar et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 065001 (2001)]. It was shown that intermittency is caused …

Recent measurements show that nondiffusive, intermittent transport of particles can play a
major role in the scrape-off-layer (SOL) of fusion experiments. A possible mechanism for fast …

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 experimentally …