Tokamaks - Couverture rigide

Wesson, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198563280 ISBN 13 : 9780198563280

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1987

Synopsis

The tokamak is the principal tool in controlled fusion research. This is the first book on this subject; it provides an introduction developing into a reference work providing basic theory, definitions, and equations. The first chapter examines the place of the tokamak in fusion research and the requirements for working power generation. Following an introductory chapter on plasma physics, accounts are given of the basic equilibrium, stability, and confinement properties of the tokamak. Plasma heating methods and experimentally observed instabilities, together with the associated problems of plasma-wall interactions and diagnostic methods used in studying plasmas, are then dealt with. The author describes the principal tokamaks from around the world before providing an appendix on background mathematical and physical theory.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The tokamak (a doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber surrounded by magnetic coils) is the principal tool in controlled fusion research. This book acts as an introduction to the subject and a basic reference for theory, definitions, equations, and experimental results. Since the first introductory account of tokamaks in 1987, when the tokamak had become the predominant device in the attempt to achieve a useful power source from thermonuclear fusion, and the developments and advances in the subject covered in the second edition in 1997, following substantial research on large tokamaks (the long awaited achievement of significant amounts of fusion power and the problems involved in designing and building a tokamak reactor), the emphasis has been on preparing the ground for an experimental reactor. In addition, there have been further significant advances in understanding plasma behaviour, such as the wider experience of internal transport barriers, the appreciation of the role of tearing models driven by neoclassical effects and insights from turbulence simulations. The third edition brings all of this up-to-date, building on the introductory account and developments of the first and second editions.

Revue de presse

John Wesson's well known book, now re-edited for the third time, provides an excellent introduction to fusion orientated plasma physics in tokamaks ... This reference book should be on the shelf of every fusion scientist and graduate student. (Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0198563280
• ISBN 13: 9780198563280
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 330
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible