Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

The virtual-casing principle is used in plasma physics to convert a Biot–Savart integration over a current distribution into a surface integral over a surface that encloses the current. In many circumstances, use of virtual casing can significantly speed up the computation of magnetic fields. In this paper, a virtual-casing principle is derived for a general vector field with arbitrary divergen...

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

This review focusses on the contributions of plasma physics to chaos and nonlinear dynamics bringing new methods which are or can be used in other scientific domains. It starts with the development of the theory of Hamiltonian chaos, and then deals with order or quasi order, for instance adiabatic and soliton theories. It ends with a shorter account of dissipative and high dimensional Hamiltoni...

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research

o;oNLINEAR TOROIDAL PLASMA DYNAMICS BY REDUCED FLUID MODELS. . Fluid models are presented which generalize reduced MHD by allowing for compressibility, Finite Larmor Radius, and long mean free path in toroidal geometry. The Hamiltonian structure of the models leads to a generalized energy principle for determining linear and nonlinear MHD stability of uilibria with flows and Finite Larmor Radiu...

INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION SECOND EDITION Volume 1: Plasma Physics

It has often been said that 99% of the matter in the universe is in the plasma state; that is, in the form of an electrified gas with the atoms dissociated into positive ions and negative electrons. This estimate may not be very accurate, but it is certainly a reasonable one in view of the fact that stellar interiors and atmospheres, gaseous nebulae, and much of the interstellar hydrogen are pl...