• Blob sizes and velocities in the Alcator C-Mod scrape-off layer 

      Kube, Ralph; Garcia, Odd Erik; LaBombard, Brian; Terry, J.L; Zweben, Stewart (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Gas-puff imaging data is used to investigate the dynamics of blob-like structures in the scrape-off layer of Alcator C-Mod. A blob-tracking algorithm is developed and used to compute blob propagation velocities and cross-field sizes for a series of discharges where the line-averaged particle density View the MathML source is varied. We find that the mean radial blob velocity increases from View the ...
    • Intermittent fluctuations in the Alcator C-Mod scrape-off layer for ohmic and high confinement mode plasmas 

      Garcia, Odd Erik; Kube, Ralph; Theodorsen, Audun; Labombard, B; Terry, J.L (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-20)
      Plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak in ohmic and high confinement modes have been analyzed using gas puff imaging data. In all cases investigated, the time series of emission from a single spatially resolved view into the gas puff are dominated by large-amplitude bursts, attributed to blob-like filament structures moving radially outwards and poloidally. There ...