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Abstract
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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The purpose of this journal is to catalyse, foster, and disseminate an awareness and understanding of the historical development of ideas in contemporary physics, and more generally, ideas about how Nature works.
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- Contributions addressing the history of physics and of physical ideas and concepts, the interplay of physics and mathematics as well as the natural sciences, and the history and philosophy of sciences, together with discussions of experimental ideas and designs - inasmuch as they clearly relate, and preferably add, to the understanding of modern physics.
- Annotated and/or contextual translations of relevant foreign-language texts.
- Careful characterisations of old and/or abandoned ideas including past mistakes and false leads, thereby helping working physicists to assess how compelling contemporary ideas may turn out to be in future, i.e. with hindsight.
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