序文-トロイダル・プラズマ閉じ込め研究の課題-

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Six series of lectures entitled by “Introduction to Confinement of Toroidal Plasmas” will be presented successively. The contents and the authors are followings. Chap. 1; Introduction-Tasks of Toroidal Confinement-by Kenro Miyamoto, Chap. 2; MHD Equilibrium and Formation of Magnetic Surfaces of Toroidal Plasma by Masahiro Wakatani, Chap. 3; Macroscopic and Microscopic Instabilities by Masasi Azumi and Masahiro Wakatani, Chap. 4; Particle Confinement and Collisional Diffusion by Noriyoshi Nakajima, Heiji Samuki, Masao Okamoto and Masami Fujiwara, Chap. 5; Confinement Characteristics I, II by Kimitaka Itoh and Sanae Itoh, Chap. 6; Physics of Burning Plasma by Atsusi Fukuyama and Masahiro Wakatani.