Electromagnetic Waves for Thermonuclear Fusion Research

1. Controlled thermonuclear fusion. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Ignition conditions. 1.3. Tokamaks. 1.4. Tokamak operating limits -- 2. Electron waves. 2.1. Maxwell equations. 2.2. Homogeneous plasmas. 2.3. Plane waves in cold homogeneous plasmas. 2.4. Wave polarization. 2.5. Wave packets in homogeneous plasmas -- 3. Inhomogeneous plasmas. 3.1. Wave packets in weakly inhomogeneous plasmas. 3.2. Ray equations in absorbing plasmas. 3.3. Ray tracing. 3.4. The complex eikonal approximation. 3.5. Propagation of a Gaussian beam -- 4. Refractive index measurements. 4.1. Interferometry. 4.2. Polarization of waves. 4.3. Polarization evolution equation. 4.4. Plasma polarimetry. 4.5. Conclusion -- 5. Wave propagation in turbulent plasmas. 5.1. Scattering of waves by plasma fluctuations. 5.2. Intensity of scattered waves. 5.3. Turbulence measurements. 5.4. Short-scale anisotropic turbulence. 5.5. CO2 laser scattering. 5.6. Wave number resolution -- 6. Non-collective scattering. 6.1. Radiation by a moving electron. 6.2. Scattered power. 6.3. Spectral density to second order in [beta symbol]. 6.4. Non-collective scattering in magnetized plasmas. 6.5. Scattering measurements -- 7. Plasma reflectometry. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Density measurements. 7.3. WKBJ approximation. 7.4. Calculation of electron density. 7.5. Fluctuations measurements. 7.6. Multidimensional turbulent fluctuations. 7.7. Numerical simulation -- 8. Electron cyclotron waves in hot plasmas. 8.1. Relativistic theory of electron cyclotron waves. 8.2. Dispersion relation. 8.3. Wave cutoff in hot plasmas -- 9. Electron cyclotron emission. 9.1. Radiation transport. 9.2. Solution of radiative transfer equation. 9.3. Plasma emission. 9.4. Temperature measurements. 9.5. Temperature fluctuations measurements

Author: Ernesto Mazzucato

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated

Publication Date: May 07, 2014

Number of Pages: 204 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 9814571806

ISBN-13: 9789814571807