Times:              Tu Th   2:00pm-3:15pm (PHY1402)
                                         

Instructor:         Professor Adil Hassam  hassam@umd.edu
                          AVW 3307
 

Office hours:       Send me email for any questions.
                           We can set up follow-up appointments if needed. 

Texts:                 No overall text. Class notes handed out will be relied on. 
                           Goldston and Rutherford is recommended as a general reference.
                           I will try to post or give out handouts as appropriate.

Content:            This is a continuation of 761 (a prereq).   I will emphasise mathematical methods
                           applicable to plasma physics and NL PDE's in general, especially asymptotic methods.
                           The physics underlying neutral fluids and magnetohydrodynamics will be discussed.    
                           Numerical methods, MHD instability, reconnection, drift waves, turbulence and transport,
                            are some of the topics I intend to cover, time permitting.