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 intro…
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 intr…
'Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics' presents detailed physics at the graduate level of ITER and contains numerous problems as well as offering a solutions manuals with qualifying course adoptions.
"This book reviews the current state of understanding concerning edge plasma, which bridges hot fusion plasma, with temperature of roughly one million degrees Kelvin with plasma'facing materials, which have melting points of only a few thousand degrees Kelvin. In a fact, edge pl…
Fusion energy is produced by burning hydrogen which is available from water. It is the energy source of the sun. It produces neither greenhouses gases nor long-lived nuclear waste. Here the authors describe how to use powerful lasers to ignite the hydrogen fuel and the physics o…
