Inertial confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy
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Inertial confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy
Springer, 2017
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This book takes a holistic approach to plasma physics and controlled fusion via Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) techniques, establishing a new standard for clean nuclear power generation. Inertial Confinement Fusion techniques to enable laser-driven fusion have long been confined to the black-box of government classification due to related research on thermonuclear weapons applications. This book is therefore the first of its kind to explain the physics, mathematics and methods behind the implosion of the Nd-Glass tiny balloon (pellet), using reliable and thoroughly referenced data sources. The associated computer code and numerical analysis are included in the book. No prior knowledge of Laser Driven Fusion and no more than basic background in plasma physics is required.
Table of Contents
About the AuthorPrefaceAcknowledgmentCHAPTER ONE: Short Course in Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics1.1 Introduction1.2 Ideal Gas1.3 Bose-Einstein Distribution Function1.4 Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function1.4.1 The Grand Partition Function and Other Thermodynamic Functions1.4.2 The Fermi -- Dirac Distribution Function1.5 Ideal Fermi Gas1.6 Ideal Dense Plasma1.6.1 Thermodynamic Relations1.6.2 Ideal Gas and Saha Ionization1.7 Thomas--Fermi Theory1.7.1 Basic Thomas--Fermi Equations1.8 ReferencesCHAPTER TWO: Essential Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)2.1 Introduction2.2 General Concept of Electromagnetisms and Electrostatics2.2.1 The Coulomb's Law2.2.2 The Electric Field2.2.3 The Gauss's Law2.3 Solution of Electrostatic Problems2.3.1 Poisson's Equation2.3.2 Laplace's Equation2.4 Electrostatic Energy2.4.1 Potential Energy of a Group of Point Charges2.4.2 Electrostatic Energy of a Charge Distribution2.4.3 Forces and Torques2.5 Maxwell's Equations2.6 Debye Length2.7 Physics of Plasmas2.8 Fluid Description of Plasma2.9 Magneto-Hydro Dynamics (MHD)2.10 Physics of Dimensional Analysis Application in Inertial Confinement Fusion ICF2.10.1 Dimensional Analysis and Scaling Concept2.10.2 Similarity and Estimating2.10.3 Self-Similarity2.10.4 General Results of Similarity2.10.5 Principles of Similarity2.11 Self-Similarity Solutions of the First and Second Kind2.12 Physics of Implosion and Explosion in ICF--Self-Similarity Methods2.13 Self-Similarity and Sedov - Taylor Problem2.14 Self-Similarity and Guderley Problem2.15 References
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