Plasma physics for controlled fusion / Kenro Miyamoto.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Miyamoto, Kenrō, 1931- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics ; v. 92.
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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.