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The understanding of this region is still imperfect.
The understanding of this region is still imperfect.
Many attempts have been made to derive [[Scaling law|scaling laws]] of phenomenological pedestal parameters (such as its width and height), with limited success.
Many attempts have been made to derive [[Scaling law|scaling laws]] of phenomenological pedestal parameters (such as its width and height), with limited success.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/42/5A/302 A.E. Hubbard, ''Physics and scaling of the H-mode pedestal'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''42''' (2000) A15]</ref>


== References ==
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