Synopsis
This book is the first to focus on tokamaks, the principal research tool in controlled fusion research. Beginning with an examination of the tokamak's place in the field and the requirements of working power generation, ensuing chapters cover such topics as plasma physics, properties of the tokamak, plasma heating methods and problems associated with them, and diagnostic methods. The author also provides an appendix on background mathematical and physical theory. Copiously illustrated throughout and designed with an unusually large page size, this easy to use handbook is both a sound introduction and a basic guide to theory, definitions, and equations for workers in plasma physics, nuclear fusion, energy resources, and power systems.
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J.Wesson is a Senior Theoretical Physicist at JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, Oxon.
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"The tokamak is the predominant device used to try to wring useful power from thermonuclear fusion. Wesson and a number of collaborating colleagues provide specialists already working in tokamak research with information about other areas of the subject, and those outside the field with an introduction to the principal concepts, methods, and problems involved. He includes equations, formulas, and data that research workers often need. Among the topics are fusion, equilibrium, confinement, instabilities, diagnostics, plasma-surface interactions, and large tokamakis. He has updated the 1987 and 1997 editions to reflect developments in the science and technology." --SciTech Book News
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