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In magnetically confined plasmas, this state is thought to be responsible for the global transport phenomena of ''profile consistency'', the ''Bohm scaling'' of confinement (in L-mode)
In magnetically confined plasmas, this state is thought to be responsible for the global transport phenomena of ''profile consistency'', the ''Bohm scaling'' of confinement (in L-mode)
<ref>B.A. Carreras, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science '''25''', 1281 (1997)</ref>, and ''power degradation''. Profile consistency is the observation that profiles tend to have roughly the same shape, regardless of the power and location of the applied heating.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/27.650902 B.A. Carreras, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science '''25''', 1281 (1997)]</ref>, and ''power degradation''. Profile consistency is the observation that profiles tend to have roughly the same shape, regardless of the power and location of the applied heating.
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/43/12A/325 F. Ryter et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''43''', A323 (2001)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/43/12A/325 F. Ryter et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''43''', A323 (2001)]</ref>
Power degradation shows up in global transport [[Scaling laws|scaling laws]], and implies a sub-linear scaling of the plasma energy content with the injected power.
Power degradation shows up in global transport [[Scaling laws|scaling laws]], and implies a sub-linear scaling of the plasma energy content with the injected power.