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.

Dr. Kenro Miyamoto is Professor Emeritus,
University of Tokyo.  He received his
diploma in physics (1955) from University of Tokyo and his PhD in 1961 from
University of Rochester. He engaged the constructions and
experiments of stellarator and tokomak in the Institute of Plasma Physics,
Nagoya University during 1964-1979. His main interest was confinement physics of
stellarator and tokamak. He moved to Department of Physics, Faculty of Science,
University of Tokyo in 1979. He started reversed field pinch (RFP) experiment
and studied the relaxation and reconnection phenomena of RFP plasma
(1979-1992). He was a member of working group Phase 2A
(1981-1983) of INTOR (International Tokamak Reactor) and a member of Tokamak
Physics Expert Group of ITER (International Tokamak Experimental Reactor)
during 1999-2002. 

Nature of Plasma.- Orbit of Charged Particles
in Various Magnetic Configurations.- Magnetohydrodynamics.- Equilibrium.-
Confinement.- Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities.- Resistive Instability.-
Boltzmann's Equation.- Waves in Cold Plasmas.- Wave Heating and Current Drive.-
Instabilities Driven by Energetic Particles.- Plasma Transport by Turbulence.-
Development of Fusion Researches.- 
Tokamak.- Reversed Field Pinch.- Stellarator.- Open End System.- Inertial Confinement.