Overview
Description
Plasma generation and occurrence. Particle motion; kinetic theory; fluid equations; magnetohydrodynamics. Plasma resistivity, transport, equilibrium, stability, waves kinetic effects, radiation, atomic processes. Applications.
Requirements
Prerequisites
EE 330PHYS 473
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
EE 330 or PHYS 473.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- describe the methods of plasma generation and characterize a variety of plasma environments.
- describe plasmas using microscopic and macroscopic plasma theory.
- describe and characterize transport processes in plasmas.
- solve problems involving the kinetic theory of plasmas.