An overview of the physics of intrinsic torque is presented, with special emphasis on the
phenomenology of intrinsic toroidal rotation in tokamaks, its theoretical understanding, and …

Poloidal and toroidal rotation has been recognized to play an important role in heat transport
and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability in tokamaks and helical systems. It is well known …

The charge exchange recombination spectroscopy (CXRS) diagnostics at ASDEX Upgrade
(AUG) have been upgraded and extended to provide high-resolution measurements of …

The variety of scalar and vector fields in laboratory and nature plasmas is formed by plasma
turbulence. Drift-wave fluctuations, driven by density gradients in magnetized plasmas, are …

In tokamaks, turbulent particle and toroidal momentum transport are both characterized by
the presence of off-diagonal contributions which play an essential role in establishing the …

The high confinement mode (H-mode) is the operational scenario foreseen for ITER, DEMO
and future fusion power plants. At high densities, which are favorable in order to maximize …

The ASDEX Upgrade intrinsic rotation database has been expanded to include a large
number of measurements from ohmic L-mode discharges covering a wide range of plasma …

The properties of L-mode confinement have been investigated with a set of dedicated
experiments in ASDEX Upgrade and with a related modelling activity with the transport code …

Several seemingly unrelated effects in Alcator C-Mod ohmic L-mode plasmas are shown to
be closely connected: non-local heat transport, core toroidal rotation reversals, energy …

Tokamaks have demonstrated excellent plasma confinement capability because of their
symmetry but has an intrinsic drawback because of their pulsed inductive operation. Efforts …