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May 23, 2025
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PHYS 7123 Plasma Physics(3 hours)
Motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields and plasma confinement. Kinetic description of magnetized plasmas. Coulomb collisions and the equilibrium distribution. Plasma as a conducting fluid, moments of the distribution function, orderings and closures. Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability. Waves in cold unmagnetized plasmas. Waves in magnetized plasmas. Drift kinetics and drift wave instability theory. Selected problems in MHD stability theory. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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