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Catalog : PHYS.5690 Plasma Physics

PHYS.5690 — Graduate

Id: 040756 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3

Description

The course aims to provide upper level undergraduate and graduate students from Physics and Engineering background in plasma physics, focusing on the fundamental physics principles, not any specific application or field of research. The course will cover the topics of basic plasma concepts, single-particle motion in an electromagnetic field, magnetohydrodynamics, plasma waves, plasma instabilities, plasma kinetics, and some advanced topics in plasma physics.

Prerequisites

MATH.2310 Calculus III, and MATH.2340 Differential Equations, and PHYS.3530 Electromagnetism I.

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PHYS.5690 — Online and Continuing Education

Id: 040756 Offering: 2 Credits: 3-3

Description

The course aims to provide upper level undergraduate and graduate students from Physics and Engineering background in plasma physics, focusing on the fundamental physics principles, not any specific application or field of research. The course will cover the topics of basic plasma concepts, single-particle motion in an electromagnetic field, magnetohydrodynamics, plasma waves, plasma instabilities, plasma kinetics, and some advanced topics in plasma physics.

Prerequisites

MATH.2310 Calculus III, and MATH.2340 Differential Equations, and PHYS.3530 Electromagnetism I.

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