Jeffrey P. Freidberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a series of course notes from graduate courses in plasma physics and fusion energy at MIT, this book discusses the potential role that fusion may play in the future. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in applied physics and nuclear engineering.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 690
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1184g
• ISBN-13: 9780521733175
• ISBN-10: 0521733170
• Artikelnr.: 23605141

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey P. Freidberg is a Professor and previous Head of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT. He is also an Associate Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, which is the main fusion research laboratory at MIT.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Units
Part I. Fusion Power: 1. Fusion and world energy
2. The fusion reaction
3. Fusion power generation
4. Power balance in a fusion reactor
5. Design of a simple magnetic fusion reactor
Part II. The Plasma Physics of Fusion Energy: 6. Overview of magnetic fusion
7. Definition of fusion plasma
8. Single particle motion in a plasma - guiding center theory
9. Single particle motion - Coulomb collisions
10. A self consistent two-fluid model
11. MHD - macroscopic equilibrium
12. MHD - macroscopic stability
13. Magnetic fusion concepts
14. Transport
15. Heating and current drive
16. The future of fusion research
Appendix A. Analytical derivation of
Appendix B. Radiation from an accelerating charge
Appendix C. Derivation of Boozer coordinates
Appendix D. Poynting's theorem
Index.