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Lecture:
1327 Sterling Hall, MW 2:25 PM, Jan.
23-May 10, 2002 (see Spring
timetable entry).
Discussion: No discussion
selection
Texts:
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Principles of Fusion
Energy, A.A. Harms, K.F. Schoepf, G.H. Miley, and
D.R. Kingdon, World Scientific 2000.
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Plasma Confinement
and Heating Notes, J. Callen, Physics Department Copy
Shop.
Peference Texts:
These will be on reserve in the
Physics Library.
Midterm Exams: Two
in-class midterm exams will be given.
Final Exam
Grades: The
grades will be based upon class rank with the following makeup:
| component |
percentage |
| homework |
30 |
| midterm 1 |
20 |
| midterm 2 |
20 |
| final exam |
30 |
Syllabus (Approximate):
| Week |
Dates |
Topics |
| 1 |
Jan 23 |
Fusion Basics |
| 2 |
Jan 28, 30 |
Fusion Conditions, Break-Even, Ignition,
Approaches to Fusion |
| 3 |
Feb 4, 6 |
Magnetic Geometries, Flux Surfaces |
| 4 |
Feb 11, 13 |
Flux Surfaces |
| 5 |
Feb 18, 20 |
Single Particle Confinement |
| 6 |
Feb 25, 27 |
Magnetic Mirrors |
| 7 |
March 4, 6 |
Tokamaks (Equilibrium) |
| 8 |
March 11, 13 |
Neoclassical Transport |
| 9 |
March 18, 20 |
Stellarators |
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March 25 |
SPRING BREAK |
| 10 |
April 1, 3 |
Anomalous Transport Models (drift waves,
stochasticity) |
| 11 |
April 8, 10 |
Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities |
| 12 |
April 15, 17 |
Resistive Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities |
| 13 |
April 22, 25 |
Neutral Beam Heating and Current Drive |
| 14 |
April 29, May 1 |
Ion Cylcotron Heating and Current Drive |
| 15 |
May 6, 8 |
Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive |
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