The review describes modern achievements of the physics of plasma--wall interactions in tokamaks. The main methods allowing a reduction of the energy of the particles incident on the first wall and, thus, important for the prevention of wall erosion, are described in an easily understandable form. The conditions required for the formation of strong near-wall material recycling are briefly considered. The heat and mass transport processes in the peripheral region of the plasma as well as electric arc discharges on walls of tokamaks are discussed.

RT Journal
T1 Physics of near-wall plasma in tokamaks
A1 Nedospasov,A.V.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 1987
FD 10 Jul, 1987
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JO Phys. Usp.
VO 30
IS 7
SP 620-627
DO 10.1070/PU1987v030n07ABEH002928
LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1987/7/e/