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== Confinement time scaling == | == Confinement time scaling == | ||
The main performance parameter that is subjected to scaling law analysis is the [[Energy confinement time|energy confinement time]], τ<sub>E</sub>. ''( | The main performance parameter that is subjected to scaling law analysis is the [[Energy confinement time|energy confinement time]], τ<sub>E</sub>. | ||
The following are some of the most-used scalings for tokamaks: | |||
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/44/11/101 ITER Physics Expert Groups on Confinement Modelling and Transport, Confinement Modelling and Database, and ITER Physics Basis Editors, Nucl. Fusion '''39''' (1999) 2137]</ref> | |||
* L-mode scaling (H<sub>89P<(sub>) | |||
* ELMy H-mode scaling (H<sub>H98</sub>(y,2)) | |||
== Power degradation == | == Power degradation == |