Containment in Cusped Plasma Systems (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Grad, Harold

 
9781333477035: Containment in Cusped Plasma Systems (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Exploring how cusped magnetic fields can trap plasma with surprising stability. This book examines theoretical foundations and practical limits of plasma containment, focusing on a sharp-interface model and how it behaves under real-world disturbances. It surveys what makes certain cusped geometries unusually stable and how loss rates can be estimated and managed.

The work outlines a framework for understanding containment in cusped plasma systems, including how adiabatic and non-adiabatic particle orbits contribute to overall stability. It discusses the role of magnetic geometry, pressure, and electric fields in shaping loss rates, and it presents formulas and examples to illustrate containment performance in two- and three-dimensional settings.




  • How a cusped geometry can produce macroscopic stability under finite disturbances

  • Quantitative loss-rate formulas and how they depend on field strength, geometry, and particle motion

  • Different experimental approaches to creating cusped plasmas and their containment outcomes

  • How electric fields modify loss rates and influence the balance between ion and electron losses



Ideal for readers of plasma physics and magnetic confinement studies who want a grounded, calculation?or?progress view of cusped plasma containment.


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