Standard syllabus
Plasma physics intro · Undergraduate · Physics
Topics
Plasma fundamentals
- Quasi-neutrality and Debye length
- Plasma frequency and critical density
- Single-particle motions in E and B fields
- Collisions and mean free path
- Classification: thermal vs non-thermal plasmas
Fluid and MHD descriptions
- Two-fluid equations (ions and electrons)
- Magnetohydrodynamics and frozen-in flux
- Alfvén waves and magnetosonic modes
- Instabilities: Rayleigh–Taylor and kink (intro)
- Sheaths and boundary layers
Applications
- Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak basics
- Inertial confinement and laser fusion
- Space plasmas: solar wind and magnetospheres
- Industrial plasmas for etching and deposition
- Plasma propulsion for spacecraft
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