等离子体物理学和受控聚变：第1卷（第2版）

Inthenineyearssincethisbookwasfirstwritten，rapidprogresshasbeenmadescientificallyinnuclearfusion，spacephysics，andnonlinearplasmatheory.Atthesametime，theenergyshortageontheonehandandtheexplorationofJupiterandSaturnontheotherhaveincreasedthenationalawarenessoftheimportantapplicationsofplasmaphysicstoenergyproductionandtotheunderstandingofourspaceenvironment.Inmagneticconfinementfusion，thisperiodhasseentheattainmentofaLawsonnumbernTEof2×1013cm-3secintheA!catortokamaksatMIT;neutral-beamheatingofthePLTtokamakatPrincetontoKTi=6.5keV;increaseofaverageto3%-5%intokamaksatOakRidgeandGeneralAtomic;andthestabilizationofmirror-confinedplasmasatLivermore，togetherwithinjectionofioncurrenttonearfield-reversalconditionsinthe2XIIBdevice.Inventionofthetandemmirrorhasgivenmagneticconfinementanewandexcitingdimension.Newideashaveemerged，suchasthecompacttorus，surface-fielddevices，andtheEBTmirror-torushybrid，andsomeoldideas，suchasthestellaratorandthereversed-fieldpinch，havebeenrevived.Radiofrequencyheat-inghasbecomeanewstarwithitspromiseofdccurrentdrive.Perhapsmostimportantly，greatprogresshasbeenmadeintheunderstandingoftheMHDbehavioroftoroidalplasmas:tearingmodes，magneticislands，anddisruptions.Concurrently，theproblemsofreactordesign，fusiontechnology，andfission-fusionhybridshavereceivedseriousattentionforthefirsttime.