Ideal MHD

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-00625-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 740 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1440 g

Comprehensive, self-contained, and clearly written, this successor to Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics (1987) describes the macroscopic equilibrium and stability of high temperature plasmas - the basic fuel for the development of fusion power. Now fully updated, this book discusses the underlying physical assumptions for three basic MHD models: ideal, kinetic, and double-adiabatic MHD. Included are detailed analyses of MHD equilibrium and stability, with a particular focus on three key configurations at the cutting-edge of fusion research: the tokamak, stellarator, and reversed field pinch. Other new topics include continuum damping, MHD stability comparison theorems, neoclassical transport in stellarators, and how quasi-omnigeneity, quasi-symmetry, and quasi-isodynamic constraints impact the design of optimized stellarators. Including full derivations of almost every important result, in-depth physical explanations throughout, and a large number of problem sets to help master the material, this is an exceptional resource for graduate students and researchers in plasma and fusion physics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Freidberg, Jeffrey P.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. The ideal MHD model
3. General properties of ideal MHD
5. Equilibrium: one-dimensional configurations
6. Equilibrium: two-dimensional configurations
7. Equilibrium: three-dimensional configurations
8. Stability: general considerations
9. Alternate MHD models
10. MHD stability comparison theorems
11. Stability: one-dimensional configurations
12. Stability: multi-dimensional configurations
Appendix A. Heuristic derivation of the kinetic equation
Appendix B. The Braginskii transport coefficients
Appendix C. Time derivatives in moving plasmas
Appendix D. The curvature vector
Appendix E. Overlap limit of the high b and Greene–Johnson stellarator models
Appendix F. General form for q(y)
Appendix G. Natural boundary conditions
Appendix H. Upper and lower bounds on dQKIN.

Über Autor(innen)

Freidberg, Jeffrey P.
Jeffrey Freidberg is KEPCO Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former Associate Director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He is a Fellow of the APS and the AAAS, and the author of Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy (Cambridge University Press, 2007).