The basic conceptual operation of the tokamak and the stellarator reactors is based on years of mankind’s studying the turbulent nature of our Sun’s activity. The deuterium-tritium process is the major nuclear activity that our Earth-based reactors attempt to reproduce.
However, a course in solar physics captures a broad set of activities, which a new student is invited to know and appreciate. As an introductory challenge, the reader is invited to peruse through this field as given by “Solar Physics” below.