Overview
Description
Particle dynamics, collisional processes, kinetic theory, fluid equations, radiation-magnetohydrodynamics, transport properties, waves, wave-particle interactions, instabilities, nonlinear evolution, and turbulence of fusion, space, and industrial plasmas.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- characterize plasma environments in terms of particle dynamics, collisional processes, kinetic theory, fluid equations, radiation-magnetohydrodynamics.
- demonstrate understanding of, and solve problems on the transport properties in plasmas.
- demonstrate understanding of, and be able to describe, instabilities , nonlinear evolution, and turbulence of fusion, space, and industrial plasma environments.