1. Edition - August 2005 112.- Euro 2005. XIV, 557 Pages, Softcover 158 Fig., 28 Tab. - Textbook - ISBN-10: 3-527-40586-0 ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40586-2 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin
Short description This graduate textbook assembles the material for a modern course in this rapidly evolving field, introducing the fundamentals of fusion plasma physics while compiling the latest topics in a systematic and concise way. Each chapter is rounded off with a set of exercises.
From the contents Basic Physics Motion of Charged Particles Magnetic Confinement Kinetic Theory Fluid Theory Plasma Equilibria Waves Instabilities Neoclassical Transport Plasma Rotation Turbulent Transport Heating and Current Drive Plasma-Material Interactions Divertors Plasma Edge Neutral Particle Transport Power Balance Operational Limits Fusion Reactors and Neutron Sources