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The mechanism for the formation of Internal Transport Barriers in magnetically confined plasmas is complex and not fully understood. Probably, it is related to the mechanism for the formation of the [[H-mode]] barrier, involving turbulence suppression by sheared (''E'' × ''B'') flows. | The mechanism for the formation of Internal Transport Barriers in magnetically confined plasmas is complex and not fully understood. Probably, it is related to the mechanism for the formation of the [[H-mode]] barrier, involving turbulence suppression by sheared (''E'' × ''B'') flows. | ||
<ref>[http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/4/1499/1 K.H. Burrell, ''Effects of E × B velocity shear and magnetic shear on turbulence and transport in magnetic confinement devices'', Phys. Plasmas '''4''' (1997) 1499]</ref> | |||
ITBs are often found to be associated with rational magnetic surfaces. | ITBs are often found to be associated with rational magnetic surfaces. | ||