This new edition presents the essential theoretical and analytical
methods needed to understand the recent fusion research of tokamak and
alternate approaches. The author describes magnetohydrodynamic and
kinetic theories of cold and hot plasmas in detail. The book covers new
important topics for fusion studies such as plasma transport by drift
turbulence, which depend on the magnetic configuration and zonal flows.
These are universal phenomena of microturbulence. They can modify the
onset criterion for turbulent transport, instabilities driven by
energetic particles as well as alpha particle generation and typical
plasma models for computer simulation. The fusion research of tokamaks
with various new versions of H modes are explained. The design concept
of ITER, the international tokamak experimental reactor, is described
for inductively driven operations as well as steady-state operations
using non-inductive drives. Alternative approaches of reversed-field
pinch and its relaxation process, stellator including quasi-symmetric
system, open-end system of tandem mirror and inertial confinement are
also explained. Newly added and updated topics in this second edition
include zonal flows, various versions of H modes, and steady-state
operations of tokamak, the design concept of ITER, the relaxation
process of RFP, quasi-symmetric stellator, and tandem mirror. The book
addresses graduate students and researchers in the field of controlled
fusion.