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Computational Problems in Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Research

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In these lectures we present several areas of plasma physics research where computation has been of importance. We have taken these problems primarily from controlled thermonuclear research, because this programme has provided the impetus for most of the theoretical development of the subject and because only numerical methods could give the answers to specific questions in the design and analysis of experiments.

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Killeen, J. (1970). Computational Problems in Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Research. In: Rye, B.J., Taylor, J.C. (eds) Physics of Hot Plasmas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8639-5_5

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