L.A. Artsimovich | Category: Physics
Book Details
ISBN: 9789386677068
YOP: 2018
Pages: 132
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The book presents the fundamental information on the high-temperature plasma physics. These, at present largely wellestablished results, comprise, in effect, the sum of knowledge indispensable for any physicist with a wide enough sphere of interests. However, the structure of the high temperature physics has just been outlined and is still being developed. A major contribution to this field of modern physics has been made by the Department of Plasma Physics, headed by L. Artsimovich, which is a part of the I. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. L. Artsimovich headed the research work with the tokamak type installations, adiabatic traps, rapid pinches and other machines designed for harnessing the high-temperature fusion reaction. He was directly involved in actual work in a number of these research projects and in development of the correct conceptual system and understanding of the plasma phenomena. This work, of course, could not fail to be reflected in the book; when discussing the experiments
with tokamak-type installations and the adiabatic traps, L. Artsimovich described in more detail the most recent results available at that time.
1 Definition of Plasma
2 Motion of Elecrons and Ions in Plasma in the Absence of External Fields
3 Plasma Behaviour in Electric Fields
4 Plasma Behaviour in Magnetic Field
5 The Effect of the Magnetic Field on Characteristics of the Plasma
6 Results Derived from Magnetohydrodynamic Equations
7 Development of Experimental Target
8 Conditions for Existence of a Plasma Ring
9 The Theory of Stability
10 Plasma Behaviour in Traps with Magnetic Mirrors
11 Stability of Plasma Configurations
12 Shear Stabilization
13 Other Plasma Instabilities
Bibliography
The book presents the fundamental information on the high-temperature plasma physics. These, at present largely wellestablished results, comprise, in effect, the sum of knowledge indispensable for any physicist with a wide enough sphere of interests. However, the structure of the high temperature physics has just been outlined and is still being developed. A major contribution to this field of modern physics has been made by the Department of Plasma Physics, headed by L. Artsimovich, which is a part of the I. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. L. Artsimovich headed the research work with the tokamak type installations, adiabatic traps, rapid pinches and other machines designed for harnessing the high-temperature fusion reaction. He was directly involved in actual work in a number of these research projects and in development of the correct conceptual system and understanding of the plasma phenomena. This work, of course, could not fail to be reflected in the book; when discussing the experiments
with tokamak-type installations and the adiabatic traps, L. Artsimovich described in more detail the most recent results available at that time.
1 Definition of Plasma
2 Motion of Elecrons and Ions in Plasma in the Absence of External Fields
3 Plasma Behaviour in Electric Fields
4 Plasma Behaviour in Magnetic Field
5 The Effect of the Magnetic Field on Characteristics of the Plasma
6 Results Derived from Magnetohydrodynamic Equations
7 Development of Experimental Target
8 Conditions for Existence of a Plasma Ring
9 The Theory of Stability
10 Plasma Behaviour in Traps with Magnetic Mirrors
11 Stability of Plasma Configurations
12 Shear Stabilization
13 Other Plasma Instabilities
Bibliography
