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PLASMA CONFINEMENT AND HEATING

ECE/NE/PHYSICS 527
Course Description

Principles of magnetic confinement and heating of plasmas for controlled thermonuclear fusion: magnetic field structures, single particle orbits, equilibrium, stability, collisions, transport, heating, modeling and diagnostics. Discussion of current leading confinement concepts: tokamaks, tandem mirrors, stellarators, reversed field pinches, etc.

Prerequisites

ECE/NE/PHYSICS 525 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
4

12.17% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

2.82% from Historical

A Rate
100%

91.58% from Historical

Class Size
11

2.75% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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