Fusion. The Energy of the Universe

Front Cover
 Fusion: The Energy of the Universe
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 Technical Summaries
 Foreword to the Second Edition
 Foreword to the First Edition
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 1. What Is Nuclear Fusion?
 1.1 The Alchemists' Dream
 1.2 The Sun's Energy
 1.3 Can We Use Fusion Energy?
 1.4 Man-Made Suns
 1.5 The Rest of the Story
 2. Energy from Mass
 2.1 Einstein's Theory
 2.2 Building Blocks
 2.3 Something Missing
 3. Fusion in the Sun and Stars
 3.1 The Source of the Sun's Energy
 3.2 The Solar Furnace
 3.3 Gravitational Confinement
 3.4 The Formation of Heavier Atoms. 3.5 Stars and Supernovae4. Man-Made Fusion
 4.1 Down to Earth
 4.2 Getting It Together
 4.3 Breaking Even
 5. Magnetic Confinement
 5.1 The First Experiments
 5.2 Behind Closed Doors
 5.3 Opening the Doors
 5.4 ZETA
 5.5 From Geneva to Novosibirsk
 6. The Hydrogen Bomb
 6.1 The Background
 6.2 The Problems
 6.3 Beyond the "Sloyka"
 6.4 Peaceful Uses?
 7. Inertial-Confinement Fusion
 7.1 Mini-Explosions
 7.2 Using Lasers
 7.3 Alternative Drivers
 7.4 The Future Program
 8. False Trails
 8.1 Fusion in a Test Tube?
 8.2 Bubble Fusion
 8.3 Fusion with Mesons
 9. Tokamaks
 9.1 The Basics. 9.2 Instabilities9.3 Diagnosing the Plasma
 9.4 Impurities
 9.5 Heating the Plasma
 10. From T3 to ITER
 10.1 The Big Tokamaks
 10.2 Pushing to Peak Performance
 10.3 Tritium Operation
 10.4 Scaling to a Power Plant
 10.5 The Next Step
 10.6 Continuing Research
 10.7 Variations on the Tokamak Theme
 10.8 Stellarators Revisited
 11. ITER
 11.1 Historical Background
 11.2 The Construction Phase Begins
 11.3 Overview of the ITER Tokamak
 11.4 The Construction Schedule
 12. Large Inertial-Confinement Systems
 12.1 Driver Energy
 12.2 The National Ignition Facility
 12.3 Laser Mégajoule (LMJ). 12.4 OMEGA and OMEGA EP12.5 FIREX
 12.6 HiPER
 12.7 Future Steps
 13. Fusion Power Plants
 13.1 Early Plans
 13.2 Fusion Power-Plant Geometry
 13.3 Radiation Damage and Shielding
 13.4 Low-Activation Materials
 13.5 Magnetic-Confinement Fusion
 13.6 Conceptual Power-Plant Studies and DEMO
 13.7 Inertial-Confinement Fusion
 13.8 A Demonstration ICF Power Plant-LIFE
 13.9 Tritium Breeding
 14. Why We Will Need Fusion Energy
 14.1 World Energy Needs
 14.2 The Choice of Fuels
 14.3 The Environmental Impact of Fusion Energy
 14.4 The Cost of Fusion Energy
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 Scientific Notation
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