Nuclear Fusion Research Understanding Plasma-Surface Interactions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Clark, Robert E.H (Editor), Reiter, Detlev H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 78
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear fusion.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Nuclear Fusion.; Nuclear Energy.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

It became clear in the early days of fusion research that the effects of the containment vessel (erosion of "impurities") degrade the overall fusion plasma performance. Progress in controlled nuclear fusion research over the last decade has led to magnetically confined plasmas that, in tur...