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Introduction to Plasma Physics I

Subjects: Chemistry · Physics

Art: Not determined, Figure 7 of Radio-active substances, 1904 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Ron Parker
Term: Fall 2006
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 25 problem sets · 1 reading · 23 other files · 4 web pages
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Introduction to Plasma Physics I

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Lecture 1: Plasmas and their characterization

Lecture 2: Basic plasma concepts: Debye shielding, plasma frequency, plasma parameter

Lecture 3: Charged particle motion in EM fields I

Lecture 4: Charged particle motion in EM fields II

Lecture 5: Charged particle motion in EM fields III

Lecture 6: Coulomb collisions: Cross-section and frequencies

Lecture 7: Characteristic relaxation times

Lecture 8: Plasma fluid descriptions, two-fluid model

Lecture 9: Plasma fluid descriptions, MHD model

Lecture 10: MHD equilibrium I

Lecture 11: MHD equilibrium II

Lecture 12: MHD dynamics: Alfven waves

Lecture 13: MHD dynamics: Stability

Lecture 14: Transport I

Lecture 15: Transport II

Lecture 16: Plasma waves I

Lecture 17: Plasma waves II

Lecture 18: Plasma waves III

Lecture 19: Plasma waves IV

Lecture 20: Plasma kinetic description

Lecture 21: Relation of kinetic to fluid description I

Lecture 22: Relation of kinetic to fluid description II

Lecture 23: Landau damping I

Lecture 24: Landau damping II

Lecture 25: Makeup lecture: Z-function; Ion acoustic waves