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NE (NEEP) 527 - Plasma Confinement and Heating

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527 Plasma Confinement and Heating. (Crosslisted with Physics, ECE 527.) I; 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. P: NEEP/Phys/ECE 525 or equiv.

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This course is aimed at teaching the most important principles of magnetic confinement and heating for controlled thermonuclear fusion at an intermediate level and illustrating them through application to current plasma physics experiments and fusion reactor design studies on campus. It also fulfills a need for a course beyond 525 that can be taken by undergraduates, or non-plasma students whose PhD work will involve use of plasma confinement and heating concepts, e.g. for fusion reactor design studies.

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