Advanced Tokamak stability theory /

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"Version: 20150301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author biographyTokamak MHD equilibrium -- The Grad-Shafranov equation -- Toroidal flux coordinates -- The tokamak force balance : the hoop forceIdeal MHD instabilities -- The global MHD spectrum -- Internal and external global MHD modes -- Radially localized modes : the Mercier criterion -- The ballooning modes and ballooning representation -- The peeling and free boundary ballooning modes -- The toroidal Alfv?en eigenmodes -- The kinetically driven MHD modes -- DiscussionResistive MHD instabilities -- The resistive MHD theory of Glasser, Greene and Johnson -- The resistive MHD ballooning modes -- The tearing mode and its coupling to interchange-type modes -- Discussion : neoclassical tearing modes, etc.Gyrokinetic theory -- The general gyrokinetic formalism and equilibrium -- The electrostatic gyrokinetic equation -- Electrostatic drift waves -- The electromagnetic gyrokinetic equation -- FLR effects on the interchange modes -- The kinetic ballooning mode theory -- DiscussionPhysical interpretations of experimental observations -- The tokamak confinement modes -- Enhanced electron transport -- Transport barriers -- Nonlocal transport -- The edge localized modes -- Blob transport -- Edge harmonic oscillationsConcluding remarks -- Appendix A. Derivation of the gyrokinetics equations -- The first harmonic solution of the gyrokinetic equation -- The gyrophase-averaged gyrokinetic equation -- The gyrokinetic vorticity equationThis book describes the advanced stability theories for magnetically confined fusion plasmas, especially in tokamaks. As the fusion plasma sciences advance, the gap between the textbooks and cutting-edge researches gradually develops. This book fills in this gap. It focuses on the advanced topics such as the spectrum of magnetohydrodynamics in tokamaks, the interchange modes, ballooning modes, and toroidal Alfv?en eigenmodes, etc. in the toroidal geometry. The theories are laid out in parallel with the ideal, resistive magnetohydrodynamics and gyrokinetics formalisms.Nuclear and plasma physicists and researchers.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Linjin Zheng specializes in both analytic theory and large-scale numerical computation of magnetically confined plasmas. He received his MS degree from the University of Science and Technology of China and PhD from the Institute of Physics-Beijing, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently working at the Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. He has published more than a 100 scientific papers and his research covers both ideal/resistive MHD and kinetic theories for MHD modes and drift waves, etc. His major contributions with his colleagues include the discovery of 2nd toroidal Alfv?en eigenmodes, reformulation of gyrokinetic theory, development of physical interpretation of so-called edge- localized modes, etc. He also developed the AEGIS and AEGIS-K codes.Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 3, 2015).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9781627054232

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SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear.
Plasma physics.
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