Fall Semester 2017
Lecture: TuTh 11:00-12:15 in CHE 2136
Instructor: Prof. James Drake
| Office: 3311 A.V. Williams |
Office Hours: drop-in or by appt. |
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| Phone: 301-405-1471 | Email: drake@umd.edu |
Course Description:
An introduction to the basic concepts and phenomena of plasma
physics. Topics include: Ionization and collisional processes,
kinetic and fluid treatments, wave-particle interactions and
quasilinear theory, MHD theory, plasma waves, particle orbits and
plasma stability. These topics will be discussed as they apply to
laboratory and space plasmas.
Class Web site:
The syllabus, homework assignments and solutions to the
homework will be posted on the class web site
(www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~drake/classes/physics761/).
References:
| R. J. Goldston and P. H.
Rutherford, Introduction to Plasma Physics, IOP, 1995 |
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| P. M. Bellan, Fundamentals of
Plasma Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2006 |
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| Arana Rai Choudhuri, The Physics of Fluids and
Plasmas, Cambridge University Press, 1998 |
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| NRL Plasma Formulary,
http://wwwppd.nrl.navy.mil/nrlformulary/NRL_FORMULARY_07.pdf |
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| Richard Fitzpatrick, The
Physics of Plasmas (Lecture Notes),
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/plasma/plasma.html |