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In this chapter we present the basics of nuclear fusion, plasmas, and of magnetic confinement of plasmas in toroidal machines called “tokamaks” .
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Ariola, M., Pironti, A. (2016). Introduction. In: Magnetic Control of Tokamak Plasmas. Advances in Industrial Control. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29890-0_1
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