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Physics 527 Fall 2007 Reference Page

Description

527 Plasma Confinement and Heating. (Crosslisted with ECE, N E) Irr.; 3 cr (P-A). Principles of magnetic confinement and heating of plasmas for controlled thermonuclear fusion: magnetic field structures, single particle orbits, equilibrium, stability, collisions, transport, heating, modeling and diagnostics. Discussion of current leading confinement concepts: tokamaks, tandem mirrors, stellarators, reversed field pinches, etc.

Prerequisites

NEEP/Phys/ECE 525 or equivalent.

Lectures

Times: 9:55am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

Location: 3355 Engr Hall

Instructor: David Anderson

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