FRONTIER OF PHYSICS IN FUSION-RELEVANT PLASMAS

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Preface

• Basics of Plasma and Fusion Research

  • Basic Physics of Tokamak Device and It's Steady-State Operation

  • Helical Systems

  • Plasma Heating and Current Drive

  • An Introduction into Plasma-Surface-Interactions and Wall Conditioning in Fusion Devices

  • Spherical Torus Physics, Fusion Applications, and Energy Development

• Theory of Fusion Plasma

  • MHD Theory

  • D T Burning Plasma Physics in Tokamak Reactors

  • Studies on Wave Analysis and Electric Field in Plasmas

  • Some Aspects on Tearing Mode Instability in Tokamaks

  • Physics of Energetic Ion Transport in a Tokamak Reactor

  • Plasma Turbulence in a Currentless Toroidal Device

  • Simulation of Nonlinear Phenomena in Plasmas

• Forefront of Recent Fusion Experiments

  • Recent Results of JT-60U and Progress in ITER Physics R&D

  • TFTR D-T Experiments

  • Experiments of the Basic Process in Plasma

  • Study of Magnetic Reconnection in Controlled Laboratory Plasmas

  • Probe Technics for Plasma Experiments

  • Coherent Thomson Scattering Diagnostic for Plasma Wave and Turbulence Studies