Fusion Plasma Physics: From Magnetic Confinement to Burning Plasmas
12-module course on fusion plasma physics — MHD, transport, heating, and diagnostics for tokamaks and stellarators.
Key Highlights
- ✓ 12 modules with problem sets
- ✓ MHD equilibrium and stability
- ✓ Transport and confinement scaling
- ✓ Plasma heating (NBI, ICRH, ECRH)
- ✓ Diagnostics and measurement techniques
- ✓ Burning plasma physics
Overview
A 12-module course on fusion plasma physics. Covers magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), transport theory, plasma heating, diagnostics, and the path to burning plasma experiments.
What's Inside
Course Content
Modules: (1) Plasma Fundamentals, (2) Magnetic Confinement, (3) MHD Equilibrium, (4) MHD Stability, (5) Transport Theory, (6) Confinement Scaling, (7) Heating Systems, (8) Current Drive, (9) Diagnostics, (10) Edge Plasma, (11) Burning Plasma, (12) Reactor Design.
Computational Tools
Students use EFIT for equilibrium reconstruction, TRANSP for transport modeling, and ASTRA for integrated modeling. Problem sets analyze real experimental data from DIII-D and JET.
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