Short description Filling the gap for a topical reference and source for professionals, this monograph covers the use of ECH at the ITER in detail, while also including planetary magnetospheres and plasma sources for commercial applications. With exercises and solutions for use as course reading.
From the contents 1 Historical Overview 2 Magnetic Fields 3 Electron Orbits and Unperturbed Single-Particle Motions 4 Microwave Coupling, Propagation and Absorption 5 Interaction of Electrons with Electrodynamic Fields at Resonance 6 ECH Dominated Plasma Equilibria 7 Plasma Stability in ECH Plasmas 8 Results and Interpretations of ECH Experiments in Mirror-like Configurations 9 Experiments and Applications in Toroidal Magnetic Configurations 10 The ELMO Bumpy Torus 11 ECH Applications to Space Plasmas 12 Some Issues of Microwave Technology Central to ECH
