Magnetic Control of Tokamak Plasmas

• Main Authors: Ariola, Marco (Author), Pironti, Alfredo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Industrial Control,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear fusion.; Atoms.; Physics.; Electric power production.; Control engineering.; Nuclear engineering.; Nuclear Engineering.; Control.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Fusion.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Energy Technology.

The problem of confining a plasma, with sufficiently high density and temperature, is of crucial importance if nuclear fusion is to be made usable as a form of power generation. Tokamaks – devices with a toroidal geometry – are among the most popular candidates by which such confinement can be achie...