PHYS 4356 - Plasma Physics

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: PHYS 3320 PHYS 3120
Corequisites: None
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PHYS 3320 PHYS 3120

Definition of plasma; Applications in physics and technology; Debye screening; Single-particle motions in electromagnetic fields and adiabatic invariants; Fluid models of plasma; Waves in plasmas; Wave propagation, group velocity, cut-off and resonance; Collisions, resistivity and diffusion; Equilibrium and plasma instabilities; Elements of kinetic description of plasma and Landau damping; Electron and ion sources and beams; DC and RF - discharges as plasma sources

Term Offered: Spring