@article{9222, author = {M. van Berkel and G. L. Derks and L. Ceelen and T.O.S.J. Bosman and B. Kool and T. Ravensbergen and J. T.W. Koenders and C.A. Orrico and L. L.T.C. Jansen and J. J. Palacios Roman and A. Perek and H. Anand and M.R. de Baar and M. Bernert and D. Brida and I. S. Carvalho and B. P. Duval and D. Eldon and N. Fedorczak and O. Février and C. Galperti and S. Henderson and R. J.R. van Kampen and D. King and K. K. Kirov and O. Kudlacek and M. Lennholm and A. W. Leonard and N. Lonigro and J. Lovell and R. Nouailletas and A. Parrot and L. Piron and H. Reimerdes and B. Sieglin and J.H. Slief and H. Sun and T. J. J. Tala and C. Theiler and D. Valcarcel and K. Verhaegh and C. Vincent and D. Weldon and E. Westerhof and T.A. Wijkamp and S. Wiesen}, title = {Systematic multi-machine analysis of the exhaust time-dependent behavior in tokamaks}, abstract = {The understanding of the time-scales and associated transient behaviour of fusion exhaust plasmas plays a crucial role in its dynamic modeling and its control. This work presents an overview of experimental investigations of the exhaust dynamics in TCV, MAST-U, ASDEX-Upgrade, WEST, DIII-D, and JET. From the presented experiments, a clear picture arises on properties of the exhaust dynamics across machines. Particularly, we observe that the scrape-off layer equilibrates on fast time-scales (>350 Hz) and that exhaust dynamics measured in response to gas valve modulations mostly behave smoothly and linearly, with similarities across devices, across scenarios (H-mode, L-mode), injected species, and injection locations. The measurements presented have formed the basis for systematic exhaust control on the considered devices. We now present this database for the essential validation of dynamic exhaust models for reactor design and control.}, year = {2026}, journal = {Nuclear Fusion}, volume = {66}, pages = {in press}, publisher = {IOP Publishing}, doi = {10.1088/1741-4326/ae30f1}, language = {eng}, }