Plasma Diagnostics

Lecturer:

Pavel Kubeš (gar.)

Tutor:

Pavel Kubeš (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Introduction, overview of diagnostic methods, measurement of pulsed current and voltage, spectroscopy, models of plasma, measurement of temperature, densities and magnetic fields, interferometric and visualize methods, X-ray diagnostics, microwave and corpuscular diagnostics, diagnostics with temporal and spatial diagnostics. Diagnostics at laser PALS and tokamak CASTOR.

Requirements:

Overview of methods, test and discussion

Syllabus of lectures:

1) Introduction

2) Measurement of currents and voltage

3) Radiation of bodies

4) Model ETR, R-C and coronal

5) Spectroscopy

6) Interferometry

7) Vizualize methods

8) X-ray detection

9) X-ray and XUV spectroscopy

10) Microvawe diagnostics

11) Probe diagnostics

12) Corpuscular diagnostics

13) Neutron diagnostics

14) Temporal and spatial resolving

Syllabus of tutorials:

1) Plasma in Universe

2) Pulse technics

3) Black body radiation

4) Electric discharges

5) Determination of temperatures and densities

6) Faraday rotation

7) Schlieren and shadow methods

8) Diagnostics of capillary discharge

9) Diagnostic system at PALS

10) Diagnostic system at CASTOR

11) Measurement of plasma parameters at MFF

12) Diagnostics of Z-pinch discharges

13) Time-of-flight method

14) Future of plasma diagnostics

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Methods of Experimental Physics, Academic Press, NewYork-London, 1971

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomT2:B2-39b Kubeš P. 13:30–15:15 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice CvičebnaroomT2:B2-39a Kubeš P. 15:15–17:00 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.1) Dejvice Laboratoř
Fri
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Doctoral studies, daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, combined studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured combined studies (compulsory elective course)