Stacey W.M. Fusion Plasma Physics

Wiley-VCH, 2005, 561 pp. – ISBN 3-527-40586-0.
This book is intended as a textbook for students with little or no knowledge of plasma physics but with the background in math and physics that would be expected of the graduate of a good undergraduate physics or nuclear engineering department. Essentially all of the material can be covered in a two-semester course. The sections that are not marked with an asterisk contain material that can be covered in a one-semester course for students at the senior or first year graduate level. The sections marked with an asterisk contain material that I would omit from a one-semester course either because it is of lower priority or at a more advanced level. The book should also serve as a self-study guide for advanced students and professionals on the newer material not found in other textbooks. Since the book provides many practical computational formulas, it should further serve as a useful reference for practicing professionals, and it has a detailed index for that purpose.Basic Physics.
Motion of Charged Particles.
Magnetic Confinement.
Kinetic Theory.
Fluid Theory.
Plasma Equilibria.
Waves.
Instabilities.
Neoclassical Transport.
Plasma Rotation.
Turbulent Transport.
Heating and Current Drive.
Plasma-Material Interaction.
Divertors.
Plasma Edge.
Neutral Particle Transport.
Power Balance.
Operational Limits.
Fusion Reactors and Neutron Sources.
Appendices. Index.