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<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/29/10A/320 M. Keilhacker, ''H-mode confinement in tokamaks'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''29''' (1987) 1401-1413]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/29/10A/320 M. Keilhacker, ''H-mode confinement in tokamaks'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''29''' (1987) 1401-1413]</ref>


This transport bifurcation is the consequence of the suppression of turbulence in the edge plasma, associated with a sheared flow layer and an associated edge radial electric field.  
This transport bifurcation is the consequence of the suppression of turbulence in the edge plasma, induced by a sheared flow layer and an associated edge radial electric field.  
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S01 F. Wagner, ''A quarter-century of H-mode studies'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''49''' (2007) B1-B33]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S01 F. Wagner, ''A quarter-century of H-mode studies'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''49''' (2007) B1-B33]</ref>
The precise mechanism governing this phenomenon is the subject of ongoing studies.
The precise mechanism governing this phenomenon is the subject of ongoing studies.