A high confinement regime develops when a tokamak plasma is heated above a characteristic power threshold, which increases with density, magnetic field and machine size. It is characterised by a sharp temperature gradient near the plasma edge (resulting in an edge “temperature pedestal”).The H-mode typically doubles the energy confinement time compared to the normal L-regime. ELMs are often observed in this regime.
Glossary Term: H-mode
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