"Version: 202108"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Fusion plasma generalities. 1. Magnetically confined plasma for fusion energy -- 1.1. Worldwide energy needs and fusion plants -- 1.2. Fusion products and energy balance -- 1.3. Magnetic field and confinement -- 1.4. Magnetic mirror and confinement -- 1.5. Plasma as a state of matter -- 1.6. Plasma kinetic theory --…
"Version: 20210301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Overview : magnetised plasma dynamics -- 1.1. Dynamics in plasmas -- 1.2. Magnetised plasmas -- 1.3. Outline of the work2. Introduction to turbulence -- 2.1. Statistical nonlinearity and cascade dynamics -- 2.2. Eddy mitosis and the cascade model -- 2.3. The statistical nature of turbulence -- 2.4. Quadratic …
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- part I. Kinetic theory -- 1. Boltzmann and Vlasov equations in plasma physics -- 2. The two-term Boltzmann equation -- 3. Multi-term and non-local electron Boltzmann equation -- 4. Particle-based simulation of plasmas -- 5. The ergodic method : plasma dynamics through a sequence of equilibrium statespart II. Fl…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Charged particle dynamics and beam transport optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A planar diode and the Child-Langmuir law -- 1.3. The klystron concept -- 1.4. Charged particle motion in combined electric and magnetic fields (the non-relativistic case) -- 1.5. Charged particle motion in combined electric and…
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductory description of processes related to negative pressure in liquids -- 1.1. A qualitative picture of the formation of discontinuities in a liquid -- 1.2. Negative pressure -- 1.3. The Rayleigh bubble -- 1.4. Zel'dovich-Fisher nucleation -- 1.5. A qualitative description of the processes in a liquid…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift wave…