Overview of Fusion Energy Research.- General Principles of Magnetic Confinement.- General Principles of Inertial Confinement.- II. The Calculation and Measurement of Atomic and Molecular Processes Relevant to Fusion.- Recent Progress in Theoretical Methods for Atomic Collisions.- Current Theoretical Techniques for Electron-Atom and Electron-Ion Scattering.- Experimental Aspects of Electron Impact Ionization and Excitation of Positive Ions.- The Theory of Charge Exchange and Ionization by Heavy Particles.- Experiments on Electron Capture and Ionization by Multiply Charged Ions.- Rydberg States.- III. The Atomic and Molecular Physics of Controlled Thermonuclear Research Devices.- Atomic and Molecular Processes in High-Temperature, Low-Density Magnetically Confined Plasmas.- Atomic Processes in High-Denstiy Plasmas.- The Plasma Boundary Region and the Role of Atomic and Molecular Processes.- Neutral Particle Beam Production and Injection.- Spectroscopic Plasma Diagnostics.- Particle Diagnostic for Magnetic Fusion Experiments.- Lecturers.- Participants.
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