Tentative Plan for “Introduction to Nuclear Fusion”

Date	Topics	Reading, pages	Problems
March 9	Nuclear reaction rates, Fusion power density, Coulomb collisions	16-46	2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-7
11	Atomic collisions, radiation	49-70	2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11; 3-2
13	Power balance, ntE,	73-98	3-2, 3-5, 3-6, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11
16	reactor types; gas discharges	85-98, 140-149	4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6
18	Trajectories; Tokamak orbits; magnetic confinement	151-179	4-9, 4-11, 6-4, 6-5, 7-6, 7-8
20	MHD stability, microinstabilities	179-204	7-9, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7
23	EXAM, Ch. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
25	Transport, Plasma heating	204-214; 217-233	8-8, 8-9, 8-10, 8-11, 8-12, 9-1
27	Plasma diagnostics	237-263	9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 9-9, 10-1, 10-2
30	Mirrors and cusps	273-303	10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7
April 1	Pinches and compact toroids	303-307, 311-335	10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-12
3	Reversed field pinch; tokamak MHD stability	336-347; 350-361	11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4;
6	Tokamak transport, heating, current drive, scaling	362-389	12-1 12-2, 12-3, 12-5;  13-1, 13-2
8	EXAM, Ch. 8-12
10	ITER; stellarators, internal rings	393-413, plus supplemental literature	13-3, 13-4, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9
13	Inertial confinement fusion, energy gain, laser-plasma interaction	441-465	14-1, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5
15	Inertial fusion targets, diagnostics	465-479; plus supplemental literature	15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-4
17	Solid state lasers, gas lasers, light ion beams	482-505	15-5, 15-6, 15-7, 15-8
20	Heavy ion beams, chambers	506-522	16-1, 16-2, 16-4, 16-5
22	Other fusion concepts	524-546	17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-5
24	Materials issues	678-699	24-1, 24-2, 24-3, 24-4
27	Materials issues; tritium	700-717; 801-805	24-5, 24-6, 24-7, 24-8
29	Environmental and economics issues	805-827	28-2, 28-3, 28-7
May 1	FINAL EXAM

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