Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas

Front Cover
Cambridge University Press, Oct 6, 2005 - Science - 292 pages
This is a textbook on theoretical plasma physics, which is the science of extremely hot gases which make up most of the universe and which are used extensively in fusion energy research. This book treats a topic at the heart of this subject, so-called transport theory, which predicts the electrical and thermal properties of the plasma. It is the most comprehensive book in its field, and is directed at graduate students in physics and professional research physicists, in particular fusion energy scientists and space physicists.
 

Selected pages

Contents

Randomwalk estimate for ion heat diffusion in a tokamak
10
3
22
3
35
5
41
8
53
4
71
7
83
Transport in a cylindrical plasma
90
7
117
8
143
4
153
7
161
Transport in the PfirschSchlüter regime
167
Transport in the banana regime
187
The moment approach to neoclassical theory
219
Advanced topics
246

6
98
4
109
Experimental evidence for neoclassical transport
272
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas
Per Helander,Dieter J. Sigmar
No preview available - 2002

Common terms and phrases

adiabatic invariant alpha particles approximately aspect ratio banana regime bootstrap current bounce Braginskii's calculate chapter collision frequency collision operator constants of motion coordinates Coulomb collisions cross-field d³v density derived diamagnetic distribution function drift kinetic equation electric field electron-ion collision electrons energy entropy expression field line flow velocity flux surface flux-surface average friction force guiding centre guiding-centre gyroradius Hazeltine heat flux Hirshman impurity integral Lagrangian large aspect ratio Larmor radius Lorentz lowest order magnetic axis magnetic field Maxwellian model operator momentum neoclassical theory neoclassical transport Note orbits parameter particle flux perpendicular Pfirsch-Schlüter Phys plasma physics poloidal rotation result Rosenbluth scale second term Sigmar Solution species Spitzer temperature gradient tensor thermal tokamak toroidal torus transport theory trapped particles V₁ vanishes vector Veff velocity-space viscosity viscosity coefficients

References to this book

About the author (2005)

PER HELANDER is a research scientist at the Culham Science Centre of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. After obtaining his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, he held a post-doctoral position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he remains a regular visitor. His scientific interests include most topics of theoretical plasma physics, in particular kinetic theory. DIETER SIGMAR received his doctorate from the Technical University of Vienna where he is now a.o. Professor of Theoretical Physics. He has had a long career in the US Fusion Program, and is now retired from his position as head of the Plasma Theory Group at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Bibliographic information

TitleCollisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas
Volume 4 of Cambridge Monographs on Plasma Physics, ISSN 2514-1228
Collisional Transport in Magnetized Plasmas, Per Helander
AuthorsPer Helander, Dieter J. Sigmar
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2005
ISBN0521020980, 9780521020985
Length292 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Science / Mechanics / Dynamics
Science / Physics / General
Science / Physics / Magnetism
Science / Physics / Mathematical & Computational
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan