Q Machines
- 1st Edition - November 12, 2012
- Author: Robert Motley
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 5 0 8 6 5 0 - 9
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 3 7 0 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 0 2 4 - 7
Q Machines presents the significant aspects of the Q machine - a device in which highly ionized, magnetically confined plasma is created by contact ionization of atoms and… Read more
Q Machines presents the significant aspects of the Q machine - a device in which highly ionized, magnetically confined plasma is created by contact ionization of atoms and thermionic emission of electrons. The book covers a broad range of topics regarding the physics and engineering of Q machines; the research limitations and possibilities afforded by different types of Q machines; the methods by which the basic plasma parameters can be measured; the effects of plasma in homogeneities on plasma stability; the numerous factors affecting plasma confinement; and the possibilities for research on plasma waves. Plasma physicists, Q-machine specialists, students, and scientists in other fields of interest will find the book highly useful.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Symbols1 The Q Machine 1. The Invention of the Q Machine 2. General Description of Q Machines 3. Contributions of Q-Machine Research2 Basic Theory 1. Contact Ionization 2. Classification of Q-Machine Plasmas 3. Equilibrium Theory of Ion Confinement in a Collisional Plasma 4. Modified Equilibrium Theory 5. Collisionless Plasma3 Measurement of Basic Plasma Parameters 1. Introduction 2. Plasma Density 3. Space Potential 4. Electron Temperature 5. Ion Energy Distributions 6. Charge Exchange Cross Sections4 Plasma Stability 1. General Discussion of Instabilities 2. Universal Drift Instability 3. The Transverse Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability5 Plasma Confinement 1. General Discussion of Plasma Confinement 2. Classical Loss Processes 3. Experimental Complications Leading to Enhanced Plasma Losses 4. Convection by Low Frequency Instabilities6 Plasma Waves 1. General Discussion 2. Low Frequency Waves 3. High Frequency Plasma Waves7 Further Applications of the Q Machine 1. Plasma Confinement in Complex Magnetic Geometries 2. Negative Ion Plasmas 3. Separation Techniques8 Constructing a Q Machine 1. General Discussion 2. Sources of Plasma Ions 3. Ovens and Collimators 4. Hot Plate and Vacuum Design 5. Magnet Coils 6. Special Q-Machine DesignsReferencesIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 12, 2012
- Language: English
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