# 00 — Scope: UNNS-H Mode Project

## Target questions

1. Can ionized gases (plasma) be confined long enough and at a high enough temperature to create fusion power?
2. What is the physical origin of H-mode?

## UNNS entry point

UNNS does not replace transport theory, magnetohydrodynamics, gyrokinetics, pedestal models, neutral physics, or reactor engineering. The entry point is structural:

> Does the plasma edge undergo a measurable transition from turbulent route-fragmentation to boundary-route preservation?

## Primary object

The primary object is the plasma edge during L-mode, L→H transition, H-mode, ELM-active H-mode, and H→L return.

## Working claim

H-mode is a boundary-admissibility transition. The edge becomes an active confinement structure rather than a passive loss surface.

## Minimal deliverable

A pilot dataset converted to a canonical table with time-aligned variables and labeled confinement-state windows.

## Exclusions for Phase 1

- No full reactor design.
- No claim that UNNS alone predicts fusion gain.
- No device-specific control recommendations.
- No isolated scripts outside the adapter/component/pipeline layout.
