Fusion plasma physics /

• Main Author: Stacey, Weston M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, [2012]
• Edition: 2nd rev. and enl. ed.
• Series: Physics textbook.
• Subjects: Plasma (Ionized gases); Nuclear fusion.; Plasma (Ionized gases) > Problems, exercises, etc.; Nuclear fusion > Problems, exercises, etc.; SCIENCE > Energy.; SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.; SCIENCE > Physics > General.; Electronic books.; Problems and exercises.

This revised and enlarged second edition of the popular textbook and reference contains comprehensive treatments of both the established foundations of magnetic fusion plasma physics and of the newly developing areas of active research. It concludes with a look ahead to fusion power reactors of the...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Basic physics
• 2. Motion of charged particles
• 3. Magnetic confinement
• 4. Kinetic theory
• 5. Fluid theory
• 6. Plasma equilibria
• 7. Waves
• 8. Instabilities
• 9. Neoclassical transport
• 10. Plasma rotation
• 11. Turbulent transport
• 12. Heating and current drive
• 13. Plasma-material interaction
• 14. Divertors
• 15. Plasma edge
• 16. Neutral particle transport
• 17. Power balance
• 18. Operational limits
• 19. Fusion reactors and neutron sources.