ABSTRACT

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 activ

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction to Plasmas

chapter 2|22 pages

Particle Orbit and Magnetic Configuration

chapter 3|8 pages

Magnetohydrodynamics

chapter 4|66 pages

Tokamak

chapter 5|14 pages

Reversed Field Pinch (RFP)

chapter 6|26 pages

Stellarator

chapter 7|18 pages

Mirror and Tandem Mirror

chapter 8|44 pages

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Instabilities

chapter 9|28 pages

Resistive Instabilities

chapter 10|14 pages

Boltzmann Equation and Landau Damping

chapter 11|36 pages

Plasma as Medium of Waves

chapter 12|32 pages

Wave Heating and Non-Inductive Current Drive

chapter 13|38 pages

Plasma Transport by Turbulence