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Observation of magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas during the suppression of edge-localized modes

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Nature Physics, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02666-y

The suppression of edge-localized modes in tokamak plasmas is crucial to prevent them from damaging the walls of the chamber. Now experiments confirm the role that magnetic islands play in suppressing these detrimental modes.