Basic classical electrodynamics, fluid dynamics and plasma physics (at the level of the 1st year of the master)

The course is aimed to present the most relevant aspects of plasma physics in ignition conditions in tokamak and stellarator fusion reactors, which in large part determine the design of future magnetic confinement fusion devices such as the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) tokamak. This course is of interest for the training of those students interested in the field of magnetic and inertial confinement fusion. The basic plasma physics learnt in other courses of the program will have one of its most important fields of application in both, theoretical and experimental analysis, of the plasma behaviour in ignition conditions in a fusion reactor. After the course, the student should have learnt the basic physics underlying the behaviour of a plasma in ignition conditions in a (magnetically) fusion reactor which, to a great extent, determine its design. This will allow the student to identify the elements which are essential for a fusion reactor to work and the regimes under which it should operate.

1. Fusion power. The tokamak scheme 2. Tokamak reactors. Basic elements of tokamak physics 3. Stellarators. Stellarator reactors 4. Equilibrium and stability (tokamaks and stellarators) 5. Plasma confinement and transport in tokamaks 6. Plasma heating and current drive in tokamaks 7. Heating and confinement in stellarator plasmas 8. Plasma-wall interaction in tokamaks 9. Plasma operation and control in tokamak reactors 10. Plasma-wall interaction, plasma operation and control in stellarator reactors

* Lectures where the theoretical concepts are explained: The lecturers will provide to the students with a file including the material to be given (1 week in advance) which constitutes the basis of the theoretical lectures (lecture notes). * Practical classes: The exercises proposed by the lecturer are solved by the students during the practical classes, corrected and evaluated by the lecturer.