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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
M. Z. Tokar
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 61 | Number 2 | February 2012 | Pages 213-220
Edge Physics and Exhaust | Proceedings of the Tenth Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A13508
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The role of impurity radiation at the plasma edge in fusion devices is considered. Conditions critical for radiative instabilities, provoking the development of detachment and MARFE, are analyzed. Requirements necessary for the creation of a stable radiating edge, that would allow to protect the wall from intensive heat loads, are formulated.
