ECE 5810 - Introduction to Plasma Physics

(crosslisted) AEP 6060, EAS 5810

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: ECE 3030 or equivalent. Enrollment limited to: graduate students and exceptional seniors.

D. Hysell.

Topics include plasma state; motion of charged particles in fields; drift-orbit theory; coulomb scattering, collisions; ambipolar diffusion; elementary transport theory; two-fluid and hydromagnetic equations; plasma oscillations and waves, CMA diagram; hydromagnetic stability; and elementary applications to space physics, plasma technology, and controlled fusion.