Physics basis for MFTF-B

The physics topics included here are the following: (1) adiabaticity, (2) MHD stability, (3) radial transport, (4) barrier physics, (5) loss-cone instability, (6) effect of gas recycling and secondary electron emission, (7) Monte Carlo simulations of tandem mirror physics, (8) charge-exchange pumping of thermal barriers, (9) vacuum pumping in the A-cell, and (10) microstability in the central cell. (MOW)