Recent studies have shown that plasma can efficiently inactivate microbial pathogens such
as bacteria, fungi, and viruses in addition to degrading toxins. Moreover, this technology is …

The major increase in discharge duration and plasma energy in a next step DT fusion
reactor will give rise to important plasma-material effects that will critically influence its …

The Lawson criterion is a key concept in the pursuit of fusion energy, relating the fuel density
n, pulse duration τ or energy confinement time τ E, and fuel temperature T to the energy gain …

Fast ions with energies significantly larger than the bulk ion temperature are used to heat
most tokamak plasmas. Fast ion populations created by fusion reactions, by neutral beam …

A basic theoretical framework is developed for the investigation of tearing mode interactions
in cylindrical geometry. A set of equations describing the coupled evolution of the amplitude …

Advanced tokamaks aim at improved confinement resulting from transport barriers in the
central region of low magnetic shear. Another goal of the advanced tokamak is steady state …

High fusion power experiments using DT mixtures in ELM-free H mode and optimized shear
regimes in JET are reported. A fusion power of 16.1 MW has been produced in an ELM-free …

Ceramics have played a crucial role in the development of fission based nuclear power, in
glass & glass composite high level wasteforms, in composite cements to encapsulate …

High-temperature plasma, confined by a magnetic field, is an exceptionally unusual physical
object. To begin with, it is an open dissipative system permanently supplied by a source of …

The primary objective of these lecture notes is to present the basic theories and analytical
methods of plasma physics and to provide the recent status of fusion research for graduate …