Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions Driven Fusion Energy (eBook)

Dr. Bahman Zohuri is founder of  Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. a consulting company that he formed upon leaving the semiconductor and defense industries after many years as a Senior Process Engineer for corporations including National Semiconductor, Monolithic Memory, Incorporation and Intel, and then as Senior Chief Scientist at Westinghouse, Lockheed Missile and Rockwell International Aerospace Corporation. During his time with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, he performed thermal hydraulic analysis and natural circulation for Inherent Shutdown Heat Removal System (ISHRS) in the core of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR). While at Lockheed, he was responsible for the study of vulnerability, survivability and component radiation and laser hardening for Defense Support Program (DSP), Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (BSTS) and Space Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (SSTS). He also performed analysis of characteristics of laser beam and nuclear radiation interaction with materials, Transient Radiation Effects in Electronics (TREE), Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), System Generated Electromagnetic Pulse (SGEMP), Single-Event Upset (SEU), Blast and, Thermo-mechanical, hardness assurance, maintenance, and device technology. His consultancy clients have included Sandia National Laboratories, and he holds patents in areas such as the design of diffusion furnaces, and Laser Activated Radioactive Decay. He is the author of several books on nuclear engineering.

About the AuthorPrefaceAcknowledgmentCHAPTER ONE: Foundation of Electromagnetic Theory1.1 Introduction1.2 Vector Analysis1.2.1 Vector Algebra1.2.2 Vector Gradient1.2.3 Vector Integration1.2.4 Vector Divergence1.2.5 Vector Curl1.2.6 Vector Differential Operator1.3 Further Developments1.4 Electrostatics1.4.1 The Coulomb's Law1.4.2 The Electric Field1.4.3 The Gauss's Law1.5 Solution of Electrostatic Problems1.5.1 Poisson's Equation1.5.2 Laplace's Equation1.6 Electrostatic Energy1.6.1 Potential Energy of a Group of Point Charges1.6.2 Electrostatic Energy of a Charge Distribution1.6.3 Forces and Torques1.7 Maxwell's Equations1.8 Debye Length1.9 Physics of Plasmas1.10 Fluid Description of Plasma1.11 MHD1.12 ReferencesCHAPTER TWO: Principles of Plasma Physics2.1 Introduction2.2 Barrier Penetration2.3 Calculation of Coulomb Barrier2.4 Thermonuclear Fusion Reactions2.5 Rates of Thermonuclear Reactions2.6 Thermonuclear Fusion Reactions2.7 Critical Ignition Temperature for Fusion2.8 Controlled Thermonuclear Ideal Ignition Temperature2.9 Bremsstrahlung Radiation2.10 Bremsstrahlung Plasma Radiation Losses2.11 Bremsstrahlung Emission Rate2.12 Additional Radiation Losses2.13 Inverse Bremsstrahlung in Controlled Thermonuclear ICF and MCF2.14 ReferencesCHAPTER THREE: Confinement Systems for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion3.1 Introduction3.2 Magnetic Confinement3.2.1 Summary of Guiding Center Drift3.3 How the Tokamak Reactors Works3.4 Intertidal Confinement3.5 ReferencesINDEX