Entry requirements

120 credits in science and technology including Electromagnetic Field Theory and Nuclear Physics. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• analyze thermonuclear fusion configurations with respect to released fusion energy and losses due to heat transfer.
• perform calculations of particle transport and magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium for various plasma configurations.
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• account for the most important instabilities that occur in fusion plasmas.
• analyse and weigh different techniques to store fusionplasmas.

Content

Fusion reactions, description of reaction cross-sections using quantum mechanics, basic plasma physics, equilibrium and plasma instabilities. Fundamentals of the kinetic description of plasma, magnetic confinement, tokamak physics, fusion technology.

Instruction

Lectures, tutorials, group discussions, home assignments and study visit.

Assessment

Oral exam. Oral and written presentation of home assignments.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.