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The main performance parameter that is subjected to scaling law analysis is the [[Energy confinement time|energy confinement time]], &tau;<sub>E</sub>.
The main performance parameter that is subjected to scaling law analysis is the [[Energy confinement time|energy confinement time]], &tau;<sub>E</sub>.
The following are some of the most-used scalings for tokamaks:
The following are some of the most-used scalings for tokamaks:
<ref name="ITER">[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/39/12/301 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
* L-mode scaling (H<sub>89P</sub>)
* ELMy H-mode scaling (IPB98(y,1)) <ref name="ITER">[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/39/12/301 ITER Physics Expert Groups on Confinement Modelling and Transport, Confinement Modelling and Database, and ITER Physics Basis Editors, Nucl. Fusion '''39''' (1999) 2137]</ref>
* ELMy H-mode scaling (H<sub>H98</sub>(y,2))


For stellarators, a similar scaling has been derived (ISS).
For stellarators, a similar scaling has been derived (ISS).

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