@article{7934, author = {S. H. Mueller and G. D. Conway and G. Birkenmeier and D. Carralero and T. Happel and A. Herrmann and P. Manz and P. de Marne and A. Mlynek and H.W. Müller and S. Potzel and V. Rohde and U. Stroth and M. Tsalas and G. R. Tynan and E. Wolfrum and ASDEX Upgrade Team}, title = {Direct observations of L-I-H and H-I-L transitions with the X-point reciprocating probe in ASDEX Upgrade}, abstract = {A reciprocating Langmuir probe was used to directly measure the behavior of turbulence and flows in the X-point region during transitions between low-(L) and high-confinement (H) mode in ASDEX Upgrade. The probe traverses the divertor horizontally in 140 ms, typically 2-5 cm below the X-point. Toroidal Mach number, density, floating potential (phi(f)), and electron temperature (T-e) are measured. In the regime accessible to the probe (P-inj < 1.5 MW, line-integrated core density }, year = {2014}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, volume = {21}, pages = {042301}, month = {Apr}, isbn = {1070-664X; 1089-7674}, doi = {10.1063/1.4870012}, language = {eng}, }