Plasma Physics for Controlled Fusion

• Main Author: Miyamoto, Kenro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 92
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear energy.; Fluids.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Nuclear fusion.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Nuclear Fusion.; Nuclear Energy.; Plasma Physics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

This new edition presents the essential theoretical and analytical methods needed to understand the recent fusion research of tokamak and alternate approaches. The author describes magnetohydrodynamic and kinetic theories of cold and hot plasmas in detail. The book covers new important topics for fu...

Table of Contents:

• Nature of Plasma
• Orbit of Charged Particles in Various Magnetic Configurations
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Equilibrium
• Confinement
• Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities
• Resistive Instability
• Boltzmann’s Equation
• Waves in Cold Plasmas
• Wave Heating and Current Drive
• Instabilities Driven by Energetic Particles
• Plasma Transport by Turbulence
• Development of Fusion Researches
• Tokamak
• Reversed Field Pinch
• Stellarator
• Open End System
• Inertial Confinement.