Nuclear fusion has the potential to become the most important energy source ofthe new century. But still many problems as e.g. the confinement of theplasma are ... » 

Nuclear fusion has the potential to become the most important energy source ofthe new century. But still many problems as e.g. the confinement of theplasma are not yet solved. Thus they are subject to intense research whichdrives a rapid evolvement of this field of nuclear physics and generates theneed for an uptodate textbook for graduate students. This stateofthearttextbook assembles the material for a modern course and is aimed at graduateand advanced undergraduate students. It both introduces the fundamentalprinciples and theories of fusion plasma physics and presents the most recenttopics from various sources in a systematic and concise way. Each chapter isrounded off with a set of exercises. «