Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Physical Review Letters
Publication Date
Page Number
245003
Volume
108
Issue
24
Abstract
Predictions are developed for gradients and profiles of the electron density and temperature in tokamak H-mode pedestals that are in transport quasiequilibrium. They are based on assuming paleoclassical processes provide the irreducible minimum radial plasma transport and dominate in the steep gradient regions of pedestals. The predictions agree (within a factor of about two) with properties of a number of pedestal experimental results.