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Author: Per Helander
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-10-06
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780521020985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA graduate level text treating transport theory, an essential element of theoretical plasma physics.
Author: C Wendell Horton, Jr
Publisher: #N/A
Published: 2017-07-21
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9813225904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor a few seconds with large machines, scientists and engineers have now created the fusion power of the stars in the laboratory and at the same time find the rich range of complex turbulent electromagnetic waves that transport the plasma confinement systems. The turbulent transport mechanisms created in the laboratory are explained in detail in the second edition of 'Turbulent Transport in Magnetized Plasmas' by Professor Horton.The principles and properties of the major plasma confinement machines are explored with basic physics to the extent currently understood. For the observational laws that are not understood — the empirical confinement laws — offering challenges to the next generation of plasma students and researchers — are explained in detail. An example, is the confinement regime — called the 'I-mode' — currently a hot topic — is explored.Numerous important problems and puzzles for the next generation of plasma scientists are explained. There is growing demand for new simulation codes utilizing the massively parallel computers with MPI and GPU methods. When the 20 billion dollar ITER machine is tested in the 2020ies, new theories and faster/smarter computer simulations running in near real-time control systems will be used to control the burning hydrogen plasmas.
Author: R. D. Hazeltine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-02-20
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0486151034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGraduate-level text examines the essential physics underlying international research in magnetic confinement fusion with accounts of fundamental concepts behind methods of confining plasma at or near thermonuclear conditions. 1992 edition.
Author: Philippe Ghendrih
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2014-12-30
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9814644846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book compiles the contributions from various international experts on magnetized plasma physics, both in controlled fusion and in astrophysics, and on atmospheric science. Most recent results are presented along with new ideas. The various facets of rotation and momentum transport in complex systems are discussed, including atmospheric-ocean turbulence, the constraints, and the concept of potential vorticity. The close interplay between flows and magnetohydrodynamics dynamo action, instabilities, turbulence and structure dynamics are the main focus of the book, in the context of astrophysics and magnetic fusion devices like Tokamak, and Reversed Field Pinch. Both physicists and advanced students interested in the field will find the topics as interesting as researchers from other fields who are looking to broaden their perspectives.
Author: C. Wendell Horton Jr
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 2017-06-02
Total Pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9789813225886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor a few seconds with large machines, scientists and engineers have now created the fusion power of the stars in the laboratory and at the same time find the rich range of complex turbulent electromagnetic waves that transport the plasma confinement systems. The turbulent transport mechanisms created in the laboratory are explained in detail in the second edition of 'Turbulent Transport in Magnetized Plasmas' by Professor Horton.The principles and properties of the major plasma confinement machines are explored with basic physics to the extent currently understood. For the observational laws that are not understood -- the empirical confinement laws -- offering challenges to the next generation of plasma students and researchers -- are explained in detail. An example, is the confinement regime -- called the 'I-mode' -- currently a hot topic -- is explored.Numerous important problems and puzzles for the next generation of plasma scientists are explained. There is growing demand for new simulation codes utilizing the massively parallel computers with MPI and GPU methods. When the 20 billion dollar ITER machine is tested in the 2020ies, new theories and faster/smarter computer simulations running in near real-time control systems will be used to control the burning hydrogen plasmas.
Author: Nathaniel Mandrachia Ferraro
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Claude Wendell Horton
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9789813225893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book explains how magnetized plasmas self-organize in states of electromagnetic turbulence that transports particles and energy out of the core plasma faster than anticipated by the fusion scientists designing magnetic confinement systems in the 20th.
Author: Radu Balescu
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2005-04-01
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9781420034684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnomalous transport is a ubiquitous phenomenon in astrophysical, geophysical and laboratory plasmas; and is a key topic in controlled nuclear fusion research. Despite its fundamental importance and ongoing research interest, a full understanding of anomalous transport in plasmas is still incomplete, due to the complexity of the nonlinear phenomena involved. Aspects in Anomalous Transport in Plasmas is the first book to systematically consider anomalous plasma transport theory and provides a unification of the many theoretical models by emphasizing interrelations between seemingly different methodologies. It is not intended as a catalogue of the vast number of plasma instabilities leading to anomalous transport; instead it chooses a number of these and emphasizes the aspects specifically due to turbulence. After a brief introduction, the microscopic theory of turbulence is discussed, including quasilinear theory and various aspects of renormalization methods, which leads to an understanding of resonance broadening, mode coupling, trajectory correlation and clumps. The second half of the book is devoted to stochiastic tramsport, using methods based on the Langevin equations and on Random Walk theory. This treatment aims at going beyond the traditional limits of weak turbulence, by introducing the recently developed method of decorrelation trajectories, and its application to electrostatic turbulence, magnetic turbulence and zonal flow generation. The final chapter includes very recent work on the nonlocal transport phenomenon.
Author: D. Grésillon
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 335
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R.J Goldston
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2020-07-14
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9781439822074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction to Plasma Physics is the standard text for an introductory lecture course on plasma physics. The text’s six sections lead readers systematically and comprehensively through the fundamentals of modern plasma physics. Sections on single-particle motion, plasmas as fluids, and collisional processes in plasmas lay the groundwork for a thorough understanding of the subject. The authors take care to place the material in its historical context for a rich understanding of the ideas presented. They also emphasize the importance of medical imaging in radiotherapy, providing a logical link to more advanced works in the area. The text includes problems, tables, and illustrations as well as a thorough index and a complete list of references.
