Nuclear Fusion
Basic properties, energetics of a fusion reactor, Debye frequency, Larmor radius, magnetic confinement or magnetic bottle, Z-pinch, Theta-pinch
(Plasma Physics, Miyamoto; Hand-written Notes by Atzeni and The Physics of Fusion Power, McMillan)
Technological applications of Nuclear Fusion (Slides ITER and NIF)
Lawson criterion, Energetics of a reactor
(The Physics of Inertial Fusion, Atzeni - Chap. 1; Principles of Fusion Energy, Chap. 8 - Harms).
Toroidal machines and Tokamas
(Principles of Fusion Energy, Chap. 10 - Harms and The Physics of Fusion Power, McMillan)
Tokamaks, Stellarators and ITER
(Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy, Freidberg and The Physics of Fusion Power, McMillan);
Inertial Confinement and NIF
(An Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion; Principles of Fusion Energy, Chap. 11 - Harms and Rayleigh-Taylor Instability notes)