Magnetically confined fusion plasma physics. Volume 3, Kinetic theory /

This is the third volume in a set of books describing state-of-the-art theories and applications of magnetically confined fusion plasmas. This volume presents advanced kinetic theory, aiming to fill the gap between plasma physics textbooks and up-to-date research developments in this field.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zheng, Linjin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 22.
IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.
Temas:
Plasma confinement.
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Nuclear fusion.
Plasma physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part IV. Concluding remarks. 11. The beauty and simplicity in controlled fusion research
  • Appendix A. Table of integrals and vector formula
  • Appendix B. Supplementary derivation of drift kinetic equation
  • Appendix C. Acronym list.
  • part I. Introduction. 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Background for controlled thermonuclear fusion researches
  • 1.2. From fluid to kinetic descriptions
  • 1.3. Scope of the book
  • part II. General theoretical formalism. 2. Charged particle motion in an electromagnetic field
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Guiding center motion of charged particles
  • 2.3. Energy conversion and adiabatic invariants
  • 2.4. Conclusions and discussion
  • 3. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian theories of guiding center motion
  • 3.1. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian theories
  • 3.2. Guiding center Lagrangian in phase space
  • 3.3. Noether's theorem, invariants, and adiabatic invariants
  • 3.4. Lie transform perturbation theory
  • 3.5. Lie transform theory for guiding center motion
  • 3.6. Modification of the Lie transform for describing the guiding center motion
  • 3.7. Conclusions and discussion
  • 4. Drift kinetic theory
  • 4.1. The drift kinetic equation and its recursive derivation
  • 4.2. Kinetic equations in transport time scale
  • 4.3. Conclusions and discussion
  • 5. Gyrokinetic theory
  • 5.1. Linear gyrokinetic theory
  • 5.2. Nonlinear gyrokinetic theory
  • 5.3. Lie transform perturbation theory for gyrokinetics
  • 5.4. Conclusions and discussion
  • 6. Variational theories in the guiding center description
  • 6.1. Lagrangian and Euler descriptions of magnetic perturbations
  • 6.2. Energy principle in the guiding center description
  • 6.3. Generalized energy principle for energetic particles
  • 6.4. Conclusions and discussion
  • part III. Applications : stability analyses. 7. Fundamentals of kinetic analysis of plasma oscillations
  • 7.1. The kinetic theory by L Landau
  • 7.2. The Case-Van Kampen theory
  • 7.3. Nonlinear effects, BGK theory
  • 7.4. Conclusions and discussion
  • 8. Electrostatic modes
  • 8.1. General theoretical framework
  • 8.2. The low frequency regime
  • 8.3. The intermediate frequency regime
  • 8.4. The comparable frequency regime
  • 8.5. Conclusions and discussion
  • 9. Electromagnetic modes
  • 9.1. General framework
  • 9.2. Kinetic ballooning modes in the low frequency regime
  • 9.3. Kinetic ballooning modes in the comparable frequency regime
  • 9.4. Kinetic theory in the intermediate frequency regime
  • 9.5. Collisional effects
  • 9.6. Conclusions and discussion
  • 10. Energetic particle theory
  • 10.1. Background : from the rigid current model to kinetic description
  • 10.2. Energetic particle effects on ballooning modes
  • 10.3. Energetic particle modified Mercier criterion
  • 10.4. Energetic particle modes (EPMs)
  • 10.5. Fishbone instabilities
  • 10.6. Nonlinear theory of kinetic instabilities near threshold
  • 10.7. Conclusions and discussion

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