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The sheared flow is generated by the turbulence itself via the Reynolds Stress mechanism. | The sheared flow is generated by the turbulence itself via the Reynolds Stress mechanism. | ||
Thus, the H-mode is the consequence of a self-organizing process in the plasma. | Thus, the H-mode is the consequence of a self-organizing process in the plasma. | ||
The details of this mechanism are the subject of ongoing studies. | The details of this mechanism are the subject of ongoing studies. | ||
<ref>[http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/16/012504/1 M.A. Malkov and P.H. Diamond, ''Weak hysteresis in a simplified model of the L-H transition'', Phys. Plasmas '''16''' (2009) 012504]</ref> | |||
== ELMs == | == ELMs == |