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[[File:H-mode.png|300px|thumb|right|Sketch of L- and H-mode profiles and pedestal.]]
[[File:H-mode.png|300px|thumb|right|Sketch of L- and H-mode profiles and pedestal.]]
In the context of magnetic confinement fusion, the term ''pedestal'' refers to a global increase of a profile (such as the pressure), caused by the formation of a relatively narrow edge plasma region with significantly enhanced profile gradients, associated with an edge transport barrier, characteristic of the [[H-mode]].
In the context of magnetic confinement fusion, the term ''pedestal'' refers to a global increase of a profile (such as the pressure), caused by the formation of a relatively narrow edge plasma region with significantly enhanced profile gradients, associated with an edge transport barrier, characteristic of the [[H-mode]].
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/29/11/010 ASDEX Team, ''The H-Mode of ASDEX'', Nucl. Fusion '''29''' (1989) 1959]</ref>
<ref>ASDEX Team, ''The H-Mode of ASDEX'', [[doi:10.1088/0029-5515/29/11/010|Nucl. Fusion '''29''' (1989) 1959]]</ref>
When transiting from the L-mode to the H-mode, the appearance of the pedestal often leaves the profile gradients in the core region intact (due to [[Profile consistency|profile consistency]]) whereas the edge gradients increase sharply. Thus, it appears as if the core profiles are merely shifted upward (as if put upon a pedestal), hence the terminology.
When transiting from the L-mode to the H-mode, the appearance of the pedestal often leaves the profile gradients in the core region intact (due to [[Profile consistency|profile consistency]]) whereas the edge gradients increase sharply. Thus, it appears as if the core profiles are merely shifted upward (as if put upon a pedestal), hence the terminology.


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As a consequence, the understanding of this region, and therefore of the pedestal, is still imperfect.
As a consequence, the understanding of this region, and therefore of the pedestal, 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>
<ref>A.E. Hubbard, ''Physics and scaling of the H-mode pedestal'', [[doi:10.1088/0741-3335/42/5A/302|Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''42''' (2000) A15]]</ref>
<ref>[http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3593008 M.N.A. Beurskens et al, ''H-mode pedestal scaling in DIII-D, ASDEX Upgrade, and JET'', Phys. Plasmas '''18''' (2011) 056120]</ref>
<ref>M.N.A. Beurskens et al, ''H-mode pedestal scaling in DIII-D, ASDEX Upgrade, and JET'', [[doi:10.1063/1.|Phys. Plasmas '''18''' (2011) 056120]]</ref>


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