Discusses plasma confinement using magnetic mirrors and toroidal fields, emphasizing particle dynamics and the challenges of toroidal field confinement.
Explores the complexity of boundary plasma in fusion energy research, focusing on experimental techniques and simulations to understand plasma dynamics and improve fusion reactor design.
Explores the two main approaches to fusion energy, covering conditions for energy generation, compression techniques, physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion, progress in research, and engineering constraints.
Introduces Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy, covering energy consumption, fusion reactions, advantages of fusion energy, plasma confinement, challenges in tokamak physics, and the ITER project.
Explores the limitations of classical transport models in tokamak plasmas, the impact of turbulence on plasma confinement, and the empirical transport scaling for ITER design.
Explores the requirements for a fusion reactor's first wall and the advantages of the divertor concept, including innovative configurations and challenges.