| Preface |
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1 | (15) |
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Fusion reactor operating criteria |
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2 | (4) |
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Plasma stability limits on fusion reactor performance |
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6 | (2) |
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Power exhaust limits on fusion reactor performance |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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Magnetized plasma physics |
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16 | (58) |
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16 | (3) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (14) |
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20 | (7) |
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Canonical (angle-action) variables |
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27 | (6) |
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33 | (11) |
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Phase space conservation laws |
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34 | (2) |
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Guiding centre kinetic theory |
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36 | (8) |
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44 | (28) |
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Co-ordinate space conservation laws |
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45 | (5) |
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Guiding centre fluid theory |
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50 | (22) |
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The relation between MHD- and drift-ordered dynamics |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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Magnetized plasma equilibrium |
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74 | (27) |
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Magnetic geometry and flux co-ordinates |
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75 | (9) |
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Plasma current in MHD equilibrium |
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84 | (8) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (4) |
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Large aspect ratio, toroidal equilibrium |
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92 | (8) |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (1) |
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Large aspect ratio (small e) tokamak |
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95 | (5) |
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100 | (1) |
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Magnetized plasma stability |
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101 | (61) |
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Hydrodynamic waves and instabilities |
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101 | (6) |
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MHD waves and instabilities |
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107 | (44) |
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Ideal MHD waves in a uniform plasma |
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107 | (2) |
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MHD waves and instabilities in a stratified plasma |
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109 | (1) |
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Ideal MHD waves and instabilities in a confined plasma |
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109 | (6) |
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Ideal MHD waves and instabilities in a general screw pinch |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (5) |
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Non-homogeneous shear Alfven waves |
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122 | (1) |
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Current-driven ideal MHD instabilities: kink modes |
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123 | (4) |
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Pressure-driven ideal MHD instabilities: ballooning modes |
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127 | (15) |
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Resistive MHD instabilities: tearing modes |
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142 | (9) |
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Drift-waves and instabilities |
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151 | (6) |
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Kinetic waves and instabilities |
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157 | (4) |
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161 | (1) |
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Collisional transport in magnetized plasmas |
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162 | (58) |
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Collisional transport in a neutral gas |
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163 | (9) |
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Maxwell-Boltzmann collision operator |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (4) |
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Fokker-Planck collision operator |
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170 | (2) |
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Charged particle collisions in a plasma |
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172 | (12) |
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Coulomb collision operator |
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172 | (6) |
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Test particle dynamics in a plasma |
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178 | (1) |
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Collisional momentum exchange |
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179 | (3) |
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Collisional energy (heat) exchange |
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182 | (2) |
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Collisional transport in a plasma |
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184 | (35) |
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Collisional transport in an unmagnetized plasma |
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184 | (4) |
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Collisional transport in a cylindrical plasma |
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188 | (12) |
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Collisional transport in a toroidal plasma |
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200 | (19) |
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219 | (1) |
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Turbulent transport in magnetized plasmas |
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220 | (66) |
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220 | (23) |
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Transition to turbulence in hydrodynamics |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (15) |
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239 | (4) |
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243 | (9) |
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245 | (6) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (31) |
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253 | (22) |
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275 | (5) |
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Drift-kinetic and gyro-kinetic turbulence |
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280 | (3) |
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Comparison of collisional and turbulent diffusivities |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (1) |
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Tokamak plasma boundary and power exhaust |
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286 | (109) |
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The scrape-off layer (SOL) |
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287 | (35) |
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Plasma-surface interactions |
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287 | (8) |
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Plasma-neutral interactions |
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295 | (5) |
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SOL geometry: limiter, divertor and ergodic SOL |
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300 | (7) |
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SOL equilibrium, stability and transport |
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307 | (11) |
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318 | (4) |
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L-mode power exhaust: edge-SOL turbulence |
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322 | (31) |
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Experimental observations |
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323 | (5) |
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328 | (25) |
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H-mode power exhaust: edge localized modes (ELMs) |
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353 | (41) |
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353 | (14) |
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Power exhaust in between ELMs |
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367 | (9) |
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Power exhaust during ELMs |
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376 | (12) |
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Power exhaust control techniques |
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388 | (6) |
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394 | (1) |
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Outlook: power exhaust in fusion reactors |
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395 | (10) |
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395 | (6) |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (1) |
| Appendix A Maxwellian distribution |
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405 | (2) |
| Appendix B Curvilinear co-ordinates |
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407 | (3) |
| References |
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410 | (16) |
| Index |
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