The Plasma Boundary of Magnetic Fusion Devices introduces the physics of the plasma boundary region, including plasma-surface interactions, with an emphasis on those occurring in magnetically confined fusion plasmas. The book covers plasma-surface interaction, Debye sheaths, sputtering, scrape-off layers, plasma impurities, recycling and control, 1D and 2D fluid and kinetic modeling of particle transport, plasma properties at the edge, diverter and limiter physics, and control of the plasma boundary. Divided into three parts, the book begins with Part 1, an introduction to the plasma boundary. The derivations are heuristic and worked problems help crystallize physical intuition, which is emphasized throughout. Part 2 provides an introduction to methods of modeling the plasma edge region and for interpreting computer code results. Part 3 presents a collection of essays on currently active research hot topics. With an extensive bibliography and index, this book is an invaluable first port-of-call for researchers interested in plasma-surface interactions.

Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

This conference is an international forum to discuss fundamental and applied research associated with the formation of spectral line profiles. It includes research involving line profiles observed in absorption, emission, and scattering by laboratory and astrophysical sources. The conference brings together specialists from many diverse fields to discuss common aspects of line shape theory and experiments. Areas covered in the conference included: laser-produced plasmas, magnetically confined plasmas, stellar atmospheres, molecular and atomic systems, high-resolution spectroscopic applications and measurements, collision-induced effects, and ultracold regimes. Papers on experiments, theory, and applications are included in this volume.

Dusty plasmas are relevant to the understanding of astrophysical, space and laboratory phenomena. During the ICPDP5, the progress in observations, modeling and simulations of dusty plasma physics has been examined. This conference addressed a very broad range oftopics which are closely related through the underlying physics, including contributions from Fusion and Astrophysics.

Annotation US and Japanese physicists from SSC accelerator, space, tokamak, and alternative fusion physics discuss the physical effects that are wrought on a plasma or a beam by the presence of high energy or energetic particles. The 23 papers cover generic processes involving high energy particles, ignited tokamaks, helical systems, field reversed configurations, and systems with large orbit particles. Reproduced from typescripts, some double spaced. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.