Tokamaks

by John Wesson

This book is the first to focus on tokamaks, the principal research tool in controlled fusion research. Beginning with an examination of the tokamak's place in the field and the requirements of working power generation, ensuing chapters cover such topics as plasma physics, properties of the tokamak, plasma heating methods and problems associated with them, and diagnostic methods. The author also provides an appendix on background mathematical and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198563280
• ISBN13: 9780198563280
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.9" x 12.6"