Basics of Plasma Physics
Course code
MLR7011
old course code
MLR7011
Course title in Estonian
Plasmafüüsika alused
Course title in English
Basics of Plasma Physics
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
graded assessment
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
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lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
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Course aims
To get an overview of different theoretical descriptions: description of plasma by means of particle orbits and by means of plasma as a magneto-hydrodynamical fluid, to understand how the corollaries arise from the theory for plasma properties. To get an overview about applications of plasma physics originating from the construction of TOKAMAK.
Brief description of the course
Definition and types of plasma. Characterizing quantities: frequencies, Debye radius, Landau distance. Fusion of nuclei. Magnetic confinement. Cyclotron motion, plasma drift. Basics of the kinetic theory of plasma, Boltzmann equation, Vlassov equation. Magneto-hydrodynamical theory of plasma. Alfven waves, magneto-hydrodynamical equations. Plasma in TOKAMAK, astrophysical plasma, planetary magnetic field, plasmas of the magnetosphere.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Loeng, diskussioonid, rühmatöö, indviduaalsed projektid. Ettekande tegemine.
Loeng, diskussioonid, rühmatöö, indviduaalsed projektid. Ettekande tegemine.
Teacher
van.teadur Tõnu Laas
Prerequisite course 1