ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor. Bringing a Sun to Earth.

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Komm, Michael
ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor. Bringing a Sun to Earth.
2020
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61389021
Klíčová slova: tokamak * ITER * fusion
Obor OECD: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15361055.2020.1740503

This 216-page book tackles a difficult task: explain the essence of the ITER project and the problematics of controlled nuclear fusion to the general public. In order to do so, the author approaches the problem from many sides, each contained within one of the 16 chapters. As such, the book provides not only basic information on the physics behind nuclear fusion and magnetic confinement but also the history of this scientific discipline and the ITER project itself (including personal testimonies of senior scientists and diplomats that go beyond the information included in official press releases). This part of the book also can be valuable to readers from within the fusion community as such information is usually omitted from the scientific publications but can be important in order to understand the present status of ITER.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0309668