Increasing the pressure by additional heating of magnetically confined plasmas had the consequence that turbulent processes became more violent and plasma confinement degraded. Since this experience from the early 1980ies, fusion research was dominated by the search for confinement regimes with improved properties. It was a gratifying experience that toroidally confined plasmas are able to self-organise in such a way that turbulence diminishes, resulting in a confinement with good prospects to reach the objectives of fusion R&D. The understanding of improved confinement regimes revolutionized the understanding of turbulent transport in high-temperature plasmas. In this paper the story of research into improved confinement regimes will be narrated starting with 1980.

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改进禁闭机制的研究历史

通过额外加热磁约束等离子体来增加压力的结果是，湍流过程变得更加剧烈，等离子体约束性能降低。自从1980年代初期的经验以来，聚变研究一直以寻找具有改进特性的约束机制为主导。令人欣喜的经验是，环形受限等离子体能够以湍流减小的方式自组织，从而实现了具有良好前景的融合技术，可以实现聚变研究与开发的目标。对改善约束机制的理解彻底颠覆了高温等离子体中湍流传输的理解。本文将从1980年开始叙述改进的禁闭制度的研究故事。