A review is given of the present state of research into the physics of quasistationary confinement of hightemperature plasmas in magnetic fields. Both closed (toroidal) and open magnetic traps are considered. A major part of the review is devoted to the physics of plasma confinement in tokamaks. A brief account is given of the fundamentals of the tokamak, as well as of the problems of equilibrium, stability, cross-field heat and particle transport, and plasma heating and maintenance of current. The stellarator and the reversed-field pinch are also considered. The current status of open traps is reviewed.

TY JOUR
TI Magnetic plasma confinement
AU Kadomtsev, B. B.
AU Shafranov, V. D.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 1983
JO Physics-Uspekhi
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JA Phys. Usp.
VL 26
IS 3
SP 207-227
UR https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1983/3/b/
ER https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1983v026n03ABEH004346