Fusion Plasma Physics
by Weston M. Stacey /
2012 / English / PDF
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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 future. The
well-established topics of fusion plasma physics -- basic plasma
phenomena, Coulomb scattering, drifts of charged particles in
magnetic and electric fields, plasma confinement by magnetic
fields, kinetic and fluid collective plasma theories, plasma
equilibria and flux surface geometry, plasma waves and
instabilities, classical and neoclassical transport,
plasma-materials interactions, radiation, etc. -- are fully
developed from first principles through to the computational models
employed in modern plasma physics.
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 future. The
well-established topics of fusion plasma physics -- basic plasma
phenomena, Coulomb scattering, drifts of charged particles in
magnetic and electric fields, plasma confinement by magnetic
fields, kinetic and fluid collective plasma theories, plasma
equilibria and flux surface geometry, plasma waves and
instabilities, classical and neoclassical transport,
plasma-materials interactions, radiation, etc. -- are fully
developed from first principles through to the computational models
employed in modern plasma physics.
The new and emerging topics of fusion plasma physics research --
fluctuation-driven plasma transport and gyrokinetic/gyrofluid
computational methodology, the physics of the divertor, neutral
atom recycling and transport, impurity ion transport, the physics
of the plasma edge (diffusive and non-diffusive transport, MARFEs,
ELMs, the L-H transition, thermal-radiative instabilities, shear
suppression of transport, velocity spin-up), etc. -- are
comprehensively developed and related to the experimental evidence.
Operational limits on the performance of future fusion reactors are
developed from plasma physics and engineering constraints, and
conceptual designs of future fusion power reactors are
discussed.
The new and emerging topics of fusion plasma physics research --
fluctuation-driven plasma transport and gyrokinetic/gyrofluid
computational methodology, the physics of the divertor, neutral
atom recycling and transport, impurity ion transport, the physics
of the plasma edge (diffusive and non-diffusive transport, MARFEs,
ELMs, the L-H transition, thermal-radiative instabilities, shear
suppression of transport, velocity spin-up), etc. -- are
comprehensively developed and related to the experimental evidence.
Operational limits on the performance of future fusion reactors are
developed from plasma physics and engineering constraints, and
conceptual designs of future fusion power reactors are
discussed.