Plasma Theory 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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02TPLA1 | Z,ZK | 5 | 2+2 | Czech |
- Lecturer:
- Petr Kulhánek (guarantor)
- Tutor:
- Petr Kulhánek (guarantor)
- Supervisor:
- Department of Physics
- Synopsis:
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Students will become familiar with plasma theory: charged particle motion, magntetohydrodynamics, waves and instabilities, and statistical description of the plasma.
- Requirements:
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Knowledge of basic course of physics
02TEF1,2 Theoretical physics 1,2
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. charged particles motion
2. relativistic motions
3. adiabatic approximation and drift motions
4. magnetohydrodynamics
5. Hartman solution
6. helivity
7. magnetic reconnection
8. plasma equilibrium
9. shock waves
10. plasma oscillations and waves
11. magnetoacoustic plasma waves
12. electromagnetic plasma waves
13. R, L, X, O waves
14. CMA diagram
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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corresponds with the outline of the lecture
- Study Objective:
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Honourable
- Study materials:
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[1] P. Kulhánek: Úvod do teorie plazmatu; AGA 2011
[2] P. Kulhánek: Vybrané kapitoly z teoretické fyziky; AGA 2017
[3] T. J. M. Boyd, J. J. Sanderson: The Physics of Plasmas, Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Note:
- Further information:
- www.aldebaran.cz/studium/tpla/
- Time-table for winter semester 2020/2021:
- Time-table is not available yet
- Time-table for summer semester 2020/2021:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Fyzika a technika termojaderné fúze (compulsory course of the specialization)