Confinement and Stability of Fast Ions in Fusion Plasmas

This book explores the physics of fast ions and fast ion- driven instabilities. It also describes modern theory of near- critical nonlinear wave– particle systems with the particle source and wave damping. Such a theory was developed by H.L. Berk and B.N. Breizman in the mid- 1990s, and it delivered outstanding results successfully explaining the experimentally observed collective phenomena driven by energetic ions._x000d_
A systematic and step-by-step analysis of resonant interactions between the waves in plasmas and various types of energetic ion populations is presented and analyzed, taking the readers on an exciting journey into the world of nonlinear physics and cutting-edge experiments performed on the world’s major magnetic fusion machines._x000d_
The phenomena described in this book will be of interest for researchers studying fusion, solar plasma, space plasma, and for a broader realm of scientists working in nonlinear phenomena._x000d_
Key Features:_x000d_
Features experimental data and the Berk-Breizman theory on nonlinear evolution of energetic particle-driven waves_x000d_
Describes in simple terms, the recent advances in the diagnostics of energetic particles and Alfvén waves