{"product_id":"current-trends-in-international-fusion-research-9781461376903","title":"Current Trends in International Fusion Research","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Opening Remarks.- Section I.- 2. Controlled Fusion, Soon!.- Magnetic Confinement.- 3. Comments on the Feasibility of Achieving Scientific Break-Even with a Plasma Focus Machine.- 4. Self-Colliding Beams as an Alternative Fusion System for D-He3 Reactors.- Inertial Confinement.- 5. Target Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy.- 6. Spherical Pinch Research: Historical Background, Achievements, and Projections.- Section II.- 7. Perspectives of Advanced Confinement Programs.- Magnetic Confinement.- 8. Present Status of Field-Reversed Configurations.- 9. Ignition Physics and the Ignitor Project.- Other Confinement.- 10. The Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Approach to Fusion Power.- 11. The D-3He Dipole Fusion Reactor.- 12. Open-Ended Magnetic Confinement Systems for Fusion.- 13. Formation, Compression, and Acceleration of Magnetized Plasmas.- 14. Prospects of Magnetic Electrostatic Plasma Confinement.- Tutorial Talk.- 15. Analysis of the Fusion Breakeven Conditions for D-T Plasmas of Prescribed Temperature Evolution.- Section III.- 16. Progress in Inertial Fusion Research.- Inertial Confinement.- 17. Heavy-Ion Driven Inertial Fusion Energy.- 18. X-Ray Driven Implosions on the Nova Laser.- 19. Present Status and Future Prospects of Laser Fusion Research at Osaka.- 20. Magnetized Target Fusion: An Overview of the Concept.- 21. Thermonuclear Fusion in a Staged Pinch.- 22. Novel Staged Z-Pinch Concept as Super Radiant X-Ray Source for ICF.- Section IV.- 23. Fusion, the Competition, and the Prospects for Alternative Fusion Concepts.- Magnetic Confinement.- 24. Ideas for Future RFP Experiments.- 25.Dense Z-Pinches for Fusion.- 26. Assessment of Field-Reversed-Configuration Stability.- Other.- 27. Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in 1996.- 28. Experimental Investigation of Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in Mixtures of Hydrogen Isotopes.- 29. Magnetoelectric Toroidal Confinement.- 30. Ball Lightning: What Nature Is Trying to Tell the Fusion Community.- 31. Fusion Implications of Free-Floating Plasmak Magnetoplasmoids.- Section V.- 32. Alternate Fusion Concepts.- Inertial Confinement.- 33. Inertial Fusion Driven by Intense Cluster Ion Beams.- 34. Inertial Fusion Energy: An Approach to Low Maintenance and Cost of Electricity, and the Role of the National Ignition Facility Testing the Target Physics.- 35. Magnetized Target Fusion: An Ultrahigh Energy Approach in an Unexplored Parameter Space.- Section VI.- 36. Concluding Remarks.- Section VII.- 37. Report of the Evaluators.- 38. Biographies of Evaluators.- Participants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection I: Controlled Fusion: Soon! (E. Teller).  Comments on the Feasibility of Achieving Scientific Breakeven with a  Plasma Focus  Machine (J.S. Brzosko et al.). SelfColliding Beams as an  Alternative  Fusion System for DHe3 Reactors (N. Rostoker, M.  Binderbauer).  Target Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy (J.M.  MartinezVal et al.).  Spherical Pinch Research: Historical Background,  Achievements, and  Projections (F. Giammanco et al.). Section  II: Perspectives of  Advanced Confinement Programs (B. Coppi).  Present Status of  FieldReversed Configurations (J. Slough). Ignition  Physics and the  Ignitor Project (F. Pegoraro). The Inertial  Electrostatic Confinement  Approach to Fusion Power (G.H. Miley). The  D3He Dipole Fusion  Reactor (M.E. Mauel). OpenEnded Magnetic  Confinement Systems for  Fusion (R.F. Post, D.D. Ryutov). Formation,  Compression, and  Acceleration of Magnetized Plasmas (J.H. Degnan).  Prospects of  Magnetic Electrostatic Plasma Confinement (T.J. Dolan).  Analysis of  the Fusion Breakeven Conditions for DT Plasmas of  Prescribed  Temperature Evolution (E. Panarella). Section III:  Progress in  Inertial Fusion Research (C. Yamanaka). HeavyIon Driven  Inertial  Fusion Energy (R.O. Bangerter, T.J. Fessenden). XRay Driven  Implosions on the Nova Laser (J.D. Kilkenny et al.). Present Status  and Future Prospects of Laser Fusion Research at Osaka (C. Yamanaka).  Magnetized Target Fusion: An Overview of the Concept (R.C.  Kirkpatrick, M.A. Sweeney). Thermonuclear Fusion in a Staged Pinch  (H.U. Rahman et al.). Novel Staged ZPinch Concept as a Super Radiant  XRay Source for ICF (V.M. Bystritskii et al.). Section IV:  Fusion, the Competition, and the Prospects for Alternative Fusion  Concepts (L.J. Perkins et al.). Ideas for Future RFP Experiments  (J.A. Phillips et al.). Dense ZPinches for Fusion (D. Scudder, J.  Shlachter). Assessment of FieldReversedConfiguration Stability (R.E.  Siemon). MuonCatalyzed Fusion in 1996 (S.E. Jones). Experimental  Investigation of the Muon Catalyzed Fusion in Mixtures of Hydrogen  Isotopes (V.M. Bystritsky). Magnetoelectric Toroidal Confinement  (J.R. Roth). Ball Lightning: What Nature is Trying to Tell the Fusion  Community (J.R. Roth). Fusion Implications of FreeFloating  Plasmak® Magnetoplasmoids (P.M. Koloc). Section V:  Alternate Fusion Concepts (N. Rostoker). Inertial Fusion Driven by  Intense Cluster Ion Beams (C. Deutsch). Inertial Fusion Energy: An  Approach to Low Maintenance and Cost of Electricity, and the Role of  the National Ignition Facility Testing the Target Physics (B.G.  Logan). Magnetized Target Fusion: An Ultrahigh Energy Approach in an  Unexplored Parameter Space (R.C. Kirkpatrick et al.). Section  VI: Concluding Remarks (E. Panarella). Section VII: Report  of the Evaluators (E.C. Creutz et al.). 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