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Power degradation shows up in global transport 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, and implies a sub-linear scaling of the plasma energy content with the injected power.


The basic explanation for these phenomena is self-regulation of the profiles by turbulence.
The basic explanation for these phenomena is self-regulation of the profiles by [[TJ-II:Turbulence|turbulence]].
<ref>[http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/3/1858/1 D.E. Newman et al., Phys. Plasmas '''3''', 1858 (1996)]</ref>
<ref>[http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/3/1858/1 D.E. Newman et al., Phys. Plasmas '''3''', 1858 (1996)]</ref>
The strong temperature and density gradients in fusion-grade plasmas provide free energy that may drive turbulence. The turbulence then enhances transport locally, leading to a local reduction of gradients and a consequential damping of the turbulence amplitude. This feedback could be responsible for keeping the gradients below a critical value. Considered locally, the former is a description of a simple marginal state.  
The strong temperature and density gradients in fusion-grade plasmas provide free energy that may drive turbulence. The turbulence then enhances transport locally, leading to a local reduction of gradients and a consequential damping of the turbulence amplitude. This feedback could be responsible for keeping the gradients below a critical value. Considered locally, the former is a description of a simple marginal state.