\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}OPTIONS FOR PLASMA REGIMES OF OPERATION}{5-1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.1. }INTRODUCTION}{5-1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.2. }PHYSICS FIGURES OF MERIT}{5-3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.1. }MHD Stability}{5-3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.2. }Current Drive}{5-7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.3. }Energy Confinement}{5-11}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.4. }Heat Exhaust}{5-16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2.5. }Helium Ash Removal}{5-18}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.3. }CONCEPT EVALUATION}{5-23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.1. }First Stability [ARIES-I]}{5-23}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.2. }Pulsed Operation [PULSAR]}{5-25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.3. }Second Stability [ARIES-II/IV]}{5-25}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.4. }Reversed Shear}{5-26}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3.5. }Low-Aspect-Ratio}{5-26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.4. }Starlite Reference Design}{5-27}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.5. }SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS}{5-28}
\contentsline {section}{REFERENCES}{5-31}