Magnetically confined fusion plasma physics :ideal MHD theory /

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"Version: 20190102"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Fusion energy : concepts and prospects -- 1.1. Nuclear fusion and Lawson's criterion -- 1.2. Magnetic confinement -- 1.3. Inertial confinement2. Ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations and multi-parallel-fluid MHD theory -- 2.1. Moments of the kinetic equation -- 2.2. Ideal MHD equations -- 2.3. Multi-parallel-fluid MHD theory3. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium -- 3.1. Flux coordinates for symmetric system -- 3.2. Grad-Shafranov equation -- 3.3. Green function and free boundary equilibrium -- 3.4. Solov?ev solution and modification -- 3.5. Local equilibrium near the X-point -- 3.6. Numerical solution of Grad-Shafranov equation : ATEQ code -- 3.7. Mirror equilibrium4. Ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) energy principle -- 4.1. Linear ideal MHD energy principle -- 4.2. Energy minimization for localized interchange modes -- 4.3. Energy minimization for high-n modes -- 4.4. Energy principle for tokamak geometry -- 4.5. Energy principle in cylinder model5. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mode spectrum in tokamaks -- 5.1. Singular differential equation in the MHD system -- 5.2. Alfv?en continuum theory in the real space -- 5.3. Continuum theory in the complex space : quasi-modes -- 5.4. Initial value problem : phase mixing -- 5.5. Inhomogeneous boundary value problem : plasma heating -- 5.6. Tokamak global MHD spectrum6. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability theory in tokamaks -- 6.1. Radially localized modes : Mercier criterion -- 6.2. External radially localized modes : peeling modes -- 6.3. Ballooning modes -- 6.4. Toroidal Alfv?en eigenmodes (TAEs) -- 6.5. Internal kink type of modes7. Global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability computation : internal and external modes -- 7.1. Internal modes -- 7.2. External kink modes -- 7.3. Resistive wall modes -- 7.3..1 Rotation stabilization -- 7.4. Error-field amplification -- 7.5. Alfv?en modes8. Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Derivation of some basic MHD formula -- Appendix B. Acronym list.This book describes the ideal magnetohydrodynamic theory for magnetically confined fusion plasmas. Advanced topics are presented in attempting to fill the gap between the up-to-date research developments and plasma physics textbooks. Nevertheless, they are self-contained and trackable with the mathematical treatments detailed and underlying physics explained. Both analytical theories and numerical schemes are given. Besides the current research developments in this field, the future prospects are also discussed.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Dr. Linjin Zheng is a theoretical physicist for controlled thermonuclear fusion plasmas. He received his PhD from Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He is currently working at The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Fusion Studies. His major contributions with his colleagues include the reformulation of gyrokinetic theory, development of the theoretical interpretation for the so-called edge localized modes, invention of the free boundary ballooning representation, discoveries of second toroidal Alfv?en egenmodes and current interchange tearing modes.Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 4, 2019).

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Plasma (Ionized gases)
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