This book is devoted to mathematical modeling of tokamak plasma. Since the appearance in 1982 of the first edition (in Russian), a considerable amount of experimental and theoretical material on tokamak research has been accumu lated. The new-generation devices, viz. , TFTR, JET and JT-60 were put into operation. The first experiments on these units have confirmed the correctness of the basic physical concepts underlying their construction. Experiments on plasma heating with the help of neutral beams and high-frequency (HF) waves on previous generation devices made it possible to obtain high-P plasmas. The number of "medium-size" tokamaks in operation has increased. New experi mental results and advances in the theory have led to more complicated and perfected models of high-temperature plasma. Rapid progress in computer hardware and software has played an important role in the further development of mathematical modeling. While preparing the English edition of the book, we have revised the text considerably. Several new models which have undergone significant advance ment in recent years are described. A section devoted to models of RF (radio frequency) current drive has been added to Chap. 2. The reduced magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) equations for high-P plasma are now considered in detail in Chap. 3. Chapter 4 contains the latest results on anomalous thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficient and pinching. Two new sections are added to Chap. 5.

Inhalt

1. Controlled Fusion and Numerical Simulation.- 1.1 Controlled Fusion.- 1.2 Tokamaks.- 1.3 Motion of Charged Particles in Tokamaks.- 2. Simulation of Kinetic Processes Involving Coulomb Interaction.- 2.1 Operator of Coulomb Collisions.- 2.2 Cauchy Problem. Characteristic Relaxation Times.- 2.3 Linear Problem on the Interaction Between Fast Ions and Maxwellian Plasma.- 2.4 Electric Field Effects.- 2.5 The Problem of RF Current Drive in Plasma.- 2.6 Nonlinear Kinetic Models.- 3. Simulation of MHD Processes.- 3.1 Basic Systems of Equations.- 3.2 Equilibrium.- 3.3 Stability.- 3.4 Nonlinear Problems.- 4. Transport Models.- 4.1 Physical Grounds of Transport Models.- 4.2 Development of the Transport Model.- 4.3 Impurities.- 4.4 Numerical Solution of Systems (4.1.1, 3.1).- 4.5 Appendix.- 5. Hybrid Models.- 5.1 Models of Plasma Heating by High-Energy Neutral Injection.- 5.2 Effect of MHD Mixing on Energy and Particle Balance.- 5.3 Kinetic Convective Transport of Ions in Longitudinal Magnetic Field Ripples.- References.