Author: Jean Louis Bobin

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Published: 2014-03-12

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9814579777

The book is a presentation of the basic principles and main achievements in the field of nuclear fusion. It encompasses both magnetic and inertial confinements plus a few exotic mechanisms for nuclear fusion. The state-of-the-art regarding thermonuclear reactions, hot plasmas, tokamaks, laser-driven compression and future reactors is given.