PYL657
| pYL657 | |
|---|---|
| plasma physics | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
| Pre-requisites | PYL552 |
| Overlaps | |
pYL657 : plasma physics
[edit]Introduction to plasma, Debye shielding, Single particle motion in E and B fields, Mirror confinement, Plasma oscillations, Waves in unmagnetized plasmas, Solitons, Two stream instability, Rayleigh Taylor instability, Vlasov equation and Landau damping, Waves in magnetized plasmas (fluid theory), Plasma production & characterization, Plasma processing of materials, Laser driven fusion, Cerenkov free electron laser, Applications to astrophysics and astronomy.