Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Volume 1: Plasm
This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems
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PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION SECOND EDITION Volume 1: Plasma Physics
INTRODUCTION TO
PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION SECOND EDITION Volume t: Plasma Physics
Francis F. ehen Electrical Engineering Department School 01 Engineering and Applied Science University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Chen, Francis F., 1929Introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion. Rev. ed. of: Introduction to plasma physics. 1974. Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. Contents: v. 1. Plasma physics. 1. Plasma (Ionized gases) 1. Chen, Francis F., 1929Introduction 10 plasma physics. II. Title. QC718.C39 1983 530,4'4 83-17666 ISBN 978-1-4419-3201-3 ISBN 978-1-4757-5595-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-5595-4
109 This volume is based on Chapters 1-8 of the firsl edition of /,.troduetio,. ID Plasma Physies, published in 1974.
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To the poet and the eternal scholar. .. M. Conrad Chen Evelyn C. Chen
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
In the nine years since this book was first written, rapid progress has been made scientifically in nuclear fusion, space physics, and nonlinear plasma theory. At the same time, the energy shortage on the one hand and the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn on the other have increased the national awareness of the important applications of plasma physics to energy production and to the understanding of our space environment. In magnetic confinement fusion, this period has seen the attainment of a Lawson number nTE of 2 x 10 13 cm -3 sec in the Alcator tokamaks at MIT; neutral-beam heating of the PLT tokamak at Princeton to KTi = 6.5 keV; increase of average ß to 3%-5% in tokamaks at Oak Ridge and General Atomic; and the stabilization of mirror-confined plasmas at Livermore, together with injection of ion current to near field-reversal conditions in the 2XIIß device. Invention of the tandem mirror has given magnetic confinement a new and exciting dimension. New ideas have emerged, such as the compact torus, surface-field devices, and the EßT mirror-torus hybrid, and some old ideas, such as the stellarator and the reversed-field pinch, have been revived. Radiofrequency heating has become a new star with its promise of dc current drive. Perhaps most importantly, great progress has been made in the understanding of the MHD behavior of toroidal plasmas: tearing modes, magnetic
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islands, and disruptions. Concurrently, the problems of re ac tor design, fusion technology, and fission-fusion hybrids have received serious attention for the first time. Inertial confinement fusion has grown from infancy to
