Fusion
The Energy of the Universe
By- Garry McCracken, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK
- Peter Stott, Département des Recherches sur la Fusion Contrôlée, Cadarache, France
Fusion: The Energy of the Universe, 2e is an essential reference providing basic principles of fusion energy from its history to the issues and realities progressing from the present day energy crisis. The book provides detailed developments and applications for researchers entering the field of fusion energy research. This second edition includes the latest results from the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Livermore, CA, and the progress on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) tokamak programme at Caderache, France.
Audience
Researchers and graduate students in the fusion area-inertial fusion and magnetic fusion, and high energy density science, and aerospace; scientists; physicists; electrical and nuclear engineer; chemists. industrial engineers
Paperback, 248 Pages
Published: June 2012
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-384656-3
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: What is Nuclear fusion?
Chapter 2: Energy from Mass
Chapter 3: Fusion in the Sun and Stars
Chapter 4: Man-Made Fusion
Chapter 5: Magnetic Confinement
Chapter 6: The Hydrogen Bomb
Chapter 7: Inertial Confinement Fusion
Chapter 8: False Trails
Chapter 9: Tokamaks
Chapter 10: From T3 to ITER
Chapter 11: ITER
Chapter 12: Large Inertial Confinement Systems
Chapter 13: Fusion Power Plants
Chapter 14: Why We Will Need Fusion Energy
Epilogue
Units
Glossary
Further reading
Index
