Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fusion describes the state and ultimate goals of nuclear fusion research.

Keishiro Niu (Author), K. Sugiura (Foreword by)

9780521113540, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 June 2009

256 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.33 kg

Nuclear Fusion describes the state and ultimate goals of nuclear fusion research. The book concentrates on the energy problem in the near future, the role of nuclear fusion reactions for a solution of the energy problem, the requirements for releasing fusion energy and the methods likely to lead to fusion reactions. The book is organised into four sections. In turn these cover the fundamentals of nuclear fusion, methods of magnetic confinement, methods of innertial confinement and the fusion reactor itself. The book has a strong theoretical content, covering those areas of plasma physics which are necessary for an understanding of the confinement problem. This book was first published in Japanese. This edition in English has been thoroughly revised by Keishiro Niu.

Foreword to the Japanese edition
Foreword to the English edition
1. Fundamentals of nuclear fusion
2. The magnetic confinement method
3. The inertial confinement method
4. The fusion reactor
Appendix
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Plasma physics [PHFP]