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Fusion Introduction online lectures

YouTube channel DerPlasma (created by a FuseNet member) shares an introductory course to fusion, made virtual by the coronavirus. To present an overview to fusion, 13 topics are discussed in 20-30 minute videos. These topics are:

1 - History

2 - Twisted magnetic fields (tokamaks and stellarators)

3 - The nuclear fusion process

4 - Key parameters

5 - Lawson criterion and more

6 - Magnetic field configuration

7 - Flux surfaces

8 - On the existance of flux surfaces in tokamaks and stellarators

9 - Magnetic islands

10 - Building a tokamak

11 - The stellarator (part 1)

12 - The stellarator (part 2)

13 - Equilibrium beta-limit

Fusion Introduction online lectures

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DerPlasma