22.611J / 6.651J / 8.613J Introduction To Plasma Physics I, Fall 2002

Molvig, Kim

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Molvig, Kim

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Introduction To Plasma Physics I

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Abstract

Introduces plasma phenomena relevant to energy generation by controlled thermonuclear fusion and to astrophysics. Basic plasma properties and collective behavior. Coulomb collisions and transport processes. Motion of charged particles in magnetic fields; plasma confinement schemes. MHD models; simple equilibrium and stability analysis. Two-fluid hydrodynamic plasma models; wave propagation in a magnetic field. Introduces kinetic theory; Vlasov plasma model; electron plasma waves and Landau damping; ion-acoustic waves; streaming instabilities. A subject description tailored to fit the background and interests of the attending students distributed shortly before and at the beginning of the subject.

Date issued

2002-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41941

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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22.611J-Fall2002

local: 22.611J

local: 6.651J

local: 8.613J

local: IMSCP-MD5-7d26d91fa70bf6187bc56106729b4dd9

Keywords

plasma phenomena, energy generation, thermonuclear fusion, astrophysics, Coulomb collisions, transport processes, plasma confinement schemes,, MHD models, kinetic theory, Vlasov plasma model, electron plasma waves, Landau damping, ion-acoustic waves, streaming instabilities, 22.611J, 6.651J, 8.613J, 22.611, 6.651, 8.613

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