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Fusion research. Volume 1, Principles /
Fusion Research, Volume I: Principles provides a general description of the methods and problems of fusion research. The book contains three main parts: Principles, Experiments, and Technology. The Principles part describes the conditions necessary for a fusion reaction, as well as the fundamentals...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1982]
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| Colección: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Fusion Research: Principles; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Fusion Research; CHAPTER 1. ENERGY SOURCES; 1A. Forms of Energy; 1B. Energy Demand; 1C. Energy Sources; 1D. Solar Energy; 1E. Fusion Reactions; 1F. Fusion Reactors ; 1G. Summary; Problems; 1, Bibliography; CHAPTER 2. NUCLEAR REACTIONS AND COULOMB COLLISIONS; 2A. Distribution Functions and Averages; 2B. Cross Sections and Reaction Rates; 2C. Nuclear Fusion Reaction Rates; 2D. Power Density and Pressure; 2E. Coulomb Collisions; Problems; Bibliography.
- 5B. Electromagnetic Fields and Forces5C. Kinetic Theory; 5D. Fluid Equations; 5E. Plasma Waves; 5F. Debye Shielding and Plasma Sheaths; 5G. Quasineutrality; 5H. Computer Methods; Problems; Bibliography; CHAPTER 6. GAS DISCHARGES AND BREAKDOWN; 6A. Background; 6B. Townsend Discharges; 6C. Simplified Breakdown Condition; 6D. Other Phenomena Influencing Breakdown; 6E. Glow and Arc Discharges; 6F. Space Charge Limitation of Current; Problems; Bibliography; CHAPTER 7. CHARGED PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; 7A. Guiding Center Approximation; 7B. Diamagnetism; 7C. Drift Velocities.
- 7D. Adiabatic Invariants and Magnetic Mirrors7E. Particle Orbits in Tokamaks; Problems; Bibliography; CHAPTER 8. PLASMA CONFINEMENT; 8A. Introduction; SB. Magnetic Confinement; 8C. Axisymmetric Toroidal Equilibrium; 8D. MHD Instabilities; 8E. Microinstabilities; 8F. Transport; 8G. Confinement Times; Problems; Bibliography; CHAPTER 9. PLASMA HEATING; 9A. Methods; 9B. Ohmic Heating; 9C. Compression; 9D. Charged Particle Injection; 9E. Neutral Beam Injection; 9F. Wave Heating; Problems; Bibliography; CHAPTER 10. PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; 10A. Introduction; 10B. Electrical Probes.
- 10C. Magnetic Flux Measurements10D. Passive Particle Diagnostics; 10E. Active Particle Diagnostics; 10F. Passive Wave Diagnostics; 10G. Active Wave Diagnostics; 10H. TFTR Diagnostics; 10J. Summary; Problems; Bibliography; APPENDIX A: SYSTEME INTERNATIONALE (SI) UNITS; APPENDIX B: FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS; APPENDIX C: INTEGRALS; APPENDIX D: IMPORTANT PLASMA EQUATIONS; APPENDIX E: THE ERROR FUNCTION; APPENDIX F: VECTOR RELATIONS; APPENDIX G: TABLE OF SYMBOLS; APPENDIX H: ABBREVIATIONS; APPENDIX I: ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.