Short description This second, thoroughly revised edition has around 25% new and updated content. It comprehensively introduces all aspects of magnetic fusion and its technology, covering plasma confinement and the support technologies needed, as well as current and future fusion reactors.
From the contents 1. Introduction 2. Basic Properties 3. Equilibrium and Transport 4. Confinement 5. Plasma Heating and Current Drive 6. Plasma-Wall Interaction 7. Magnetics 8. Transient Electromagnetics 9. Interaction of Radiation with Matter 10. Primary Energy Conversion and Tritium Breeding Blanket 11. Tritium and Vacuum 12. Fusion Reactors Appendices A. Physical Constants B. Conversion Factors
