Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
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10.1007/978-1-4757-5595-4
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2015-12
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Francis F. Chen
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从第二版到现在已经有30年了。等离子体物理学已经发展得如此之快，以至于人们忍不住想要把所有的新东西都包括进来，但我还没有这样做。这是一本为那些第一次学习等离子体物理的人写的书，可能不太关心细节。基本保持不变，但出现了新的领域：例如，尘土飞扬的等离子体和等离子体加速器，这些对象不得不被添加进来。20世纪80年代以来，半导体行业如雨后春笋般涌现，影响着我们的生活。没有等离子体就不能制造计算机芯片，但这些是部分电离的射频芯片，这是新的。我花了25年的时间帮助将这些工业等离子体变成一个有趣的主题，这个主题以前一直被回避，因为它太混乱了。与此同时，阿尔·戈尔警告我们注意全球变暖。解决这一问题和解决能源短缺的最好办法当然是氢聚变。随着ITER(国际热核实验反应堆)项目在法国南部的顺利进行，我们将按计划在2050年之前建造一个聚变反应堆。在激光聚变中，利弗莫尔的NIF(国家点火设备)可以将美国的整个能量输出集中在一个零点几纳秒的精确点上，从而实现惯性聚变。这是一项无与伦比的技术成就，但到目前为止，我们还没有一台脉冲足够快的激光器。聚变等离子体物理学计划成为这本教科书的第二卷；为了回答如此多的问题，它仍在未来的计划中。既然我已经写了一本不可或缺的真理，聚变电力如何拯救地球，这项工作就会变得更容易。在个人方面，你会从第二版中记住，这位“诗人”(我的父亲，他过去常常背诵中国诗歌)已经去世，而这位“永恒的学者”(我的母亲)终于在72岁时获得了博士学位。她活到99岁，去世时脸上挂着微笑。我今年85岁，与艺术家安德(Edna Backback)幸福地结婚49年，育有两个女儿和一个儿子：挪威修女谢丽尔；法国舞蹈演员兼英语教师帕特里夏；波士顿大学化学海洋学教授、教育专家鲍勃，同时也是一名现役足球教练。我们有四个孙女，
It has been 30 years since the Second Edition. Plasma physics has grown so much that the temptation is to include all that’s new, but I haven’t done that. This is a book for those learning plasma physics for the first time and could care less about the fine points. The basics remain the same, but new areas have arisen: dusty plasmas and plasma accelerators, for instance, and these subjects had to be added. The semiconductor industry has sprouted since the 1980s, affecting all our lives. Computer chips cannot be made without plasmas, but these are partially ionized, radiofrequency ones, which are new. I’ve spent 25 years helping to make these industrial plasmas into an interesting subject, one that was previously avoided because it was too messy. Meanwhile, Al Gore has warned us about global warming. The best solution to this, and to energy shortage, is of course hydrogen fusion. With the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) project going swimmingly in southern France, we are on schedule to get a fusion reactor by 2050. In laser fusion, the NIF (National Ignition Facility) at Livermore can focus the entire energy output of the United States onto a pinpoint for a fraction of a nanosecond to get inertial fusion. It is a technical achievement without peer, but so far we don’t have a laser that can pulse rapidly enough. Fusion plasma physics was planned to be Vol. 2 of this textbook; and, in answer to so many questions, it is still in future plans. The job will be easier now that I have written An Indispensable Truth, How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet, which includes a chapter on fusion physics.On the personal side, you will remember from the second edition that the “poet”(my father, who used to recite Chinese poetry from memory) had passed away, and that the “eternal scholar”(my mother) had finally gotten her Ph. D. at 72. She lived to 99 and died with a smile on her face. I myself am now 85, happily married for 49 years to artist Ande (Edna backwards), and we have two daughters and a son: Sheryl, a Cistercian nun in Norway; Patricia, a dancer and English teacher in France; and Bob, a chemical oceanography professor and education expert at UMass Boston, as well as an active soccer coach. We have four granddaughters,