@article{6165, author = {R. J. Akers and G. F. Counsell and A. Sykes and L. C. Appel and E. R. Arends and C. Byrom and P. G. Carolan and N. J. Conway and G. Cunningham and A. Dnestrovskij and Y. N. Dnestrovskij and A. R. Field and S. J. Fielding and M. Gryaznevich and P. Helander and A. Kirk and S. Korsholm and R. Martin and H. Meyer and M. P. S. Nightingale and C. M. Roach and V. Shevchenko and M. Torunianski and M. J. Walsh and C. D. Warrick}, title = {L-H transition in the Mega-Amp spherical tokamak}, abstract = {H-mode plasmas have been achieved on the MAST spherical tokamak at input power considerably higher than predicted by conventional threshold scalings. Following L-H transition, a clear improvement in energy confinement is obtained, exceeding recent international scalings even at densities approaching the Greenwald density limit. Transition is accompanied by an order-of-magnitude increase in edge-density gradient, a marked decrease in turbulence, the efficient conversion of internal electron Bernstein waves into free space waves, and the onset and saturation of edge poloidal rotation.}, year = {2002}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, volume = {88}, number = {3}, pages = {4}, month = {Jan}, isbn = {0031-9007}, url = {://000173460200019 }, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 514UV}, language = {English}, }