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 …

This paper reviews measurements of edge plasma turbulence in toroidal magnetic fusion
devices with an emphasis on recent results in tokamaks. The dominant feature of edge …

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' …

In this paper, a new experimental classification of divertor detachment in ASDEX Upgrade is
presented. For this purpose, a series of ohmic and L-mode density ramp discharges at …

Radial convection of isolated filamentary structures due to interchange motions in
magnetized plasmas is investigated. Following a basic discussion of vorticity generation …

Fluctuations and particle transport in the scrape-off layer of TCV plasmas have been
investigated by probe measurements and direct comparison with two-dimensional …

Radially propagating spatiotemporal fluctuation structures are observed in the scrape-off
layer of Alcator C-Mod [IH Hutchinson et al, Phys. Plasmas 1,(1994)] using the combination …

Probe measurements of electrostatic plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of the
TCV tokamak are compared with the results from two-dimensional interchange turbulence …

Single-point measurements of fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of magnetized plasmas are
generally found to be dominated by large-amplitude bursts which are associated with radial …

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 …