Radial localization of edge modes in Alcator C-Mod pedestals using optical diagnostics
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diagnostics C Theiler, J L Terry , E Edlund, I Cziegler, R M Churchill, J W Hughes, B. LaBombard ,T. Golfinopoulos and the Alcator C-Mod Team 2, 3, 4 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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