1st Edition

Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics

By Kenro Miyamoto Copyright 2006
406 Pages
by CRC Press

406 Pages
by CRC Press

393 Pages
by CRC Press

Resulting from ongoing, international research into fusion processes, the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a major step in the quest for a new energy source.The first graduate-level text to cover the details of ITER, Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics introduces various aspects and issues of recent fusion research activities through the shortest access path. The... Read more
Introduction to Plasma. Particle Orbit and Magnetic Configuration. Magnetohydrodynamics. Tokamak. Reversed Field Pitch (RFP). Stellarator. Mirror, Tandem Mirror. MHD Instabilities. Resistive Instabilities. Boltzmann’s Equation and Landau Damping. Plasma as Medium of Waves. Wave Heating and Non-Inductive Current Drive. Plasma Transport by Turbulence.

Biography

Miyamoto, Kenro