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<p>Creating course page via bot</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Course<br /> | code = ESL381<br /> | name = plasma Science<br /> | credits = 4<br /> | credit_structure = 3-1-0<br /> | pre_requisites = <br /> | overlaps = Some overlap with ESL737, PYL658<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == ESL381 : plasma Science ==<br /> Fundamentals: Definition of plasma, Plasma criteria and Debye shielding; Particle motion concepts: single particle motion of charged particles in constant, time-varying and spatial varying electromagnetic fields, first second and third adiabatic invariants; Fluid model of plasma: dielectric description of cold plasma, Hot plasma dielectric tensor, various types of electro-static and electromagnetic waves in the cold plasma model, magneto-hydrodynamic description of plasmas, CMA diagram; Plasma diffusion: Ambipolar diffusion, diffusion in weakly-ionized, fully-ionized and magnetized plasmas, time-dependent and time independent solutions of diffusion equations and plasma resistivity, neoclassical diffusion and banana diffusion regimes; Equilibrium and stability: hydrodynamic equilibrium, beta concept, Instability classifications (two-stream, Rayleigh-Taylor, Universal and kinetic instabilities); kinetic description of plasma: governing equations, Landau damping, BGK and Van-Kampen modes, Kortewegde Vries and nonlinear Schrödinger equations; nonlinear sheath estimates (planar, Bohm and Child-Langmuir sheaths); nonlinear plasma aspects: Pon-dermotive forces, Shock waves and double layers, parametric instabilities, echoes, re-connection, turbulence; Courses of Study 2024-2025 Energy Science and Engineering 199Special plasmas: atmospheric pressure plasmas, non-neutral plasmas, space plasmas, dusty plasmas, solid ultra-cold plasmas.</div>

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