8.613/22.611 Intro to Plasma Physics I
Fall 2016
Instructor: Anne E White
TAs: Norman Cao, Megan C Kralj, Pablo Rodriguez Fernandez
Lecture:
TR11-12.30
(NW16-213)
Prof White OH: M3
(NW17-111)
Norman/Pablo OH: By appointment, email
(NW17-121)
Meg OH: By appointment, email
(NW16-225)
Information:
Introduces plasma phenomena relevant to energy generation by controlled thermonuclear fusion and to astrophysics. Elementary plasma concepts, plasma characterization. Motion of charged particles in magnetic fields. Coulomb collisions, relaxation times, transport processes. Two-fluid hydrodynamic and MHD descriptions. Plasma confinement by magnetic fields, simple equilibrium and stability analysis. Wave propagation in a magnetic field; application to RF plasma heating. Introduction to kinetic theory; Vlasov, Boltzmann and Fokker-Planck equations; relation of fluid and kinetic descriptions. Electron and ion acoustic plasma waves, Landau damping.
Announcements
Pset 7 graded, ready for pickup
Happy holidays everyone, and enjoy your well-deserved breaks!
Norman
Announced on 21 December 2016 4:22 p.m. by Norman Cao
Exam 2 graded, ready for pickup
Exam 2 has been graded.
The average is much higher than last time, ~81/100.
Great job everyone!
The exams can be picked up in my office anytime Friday or Monday, and I will bring them all to class on Tuesday.
Cheers,
Anne
Announced on 08 December 2016 5:12 p.m. by Anne E White
PSET updates
Pset #6 solutions are now posted.
Lot's of old graded psets are availabel for pick up in mailbox in NW17
Announced on 08 December 2016 12:38 p.m. by Anne E White
Pset 6 and Pset 7
This is a reminder that Pset #7 is due on Monday Dec. 12th.Pset #6 solutions are now posted.
Cheers,
PRF
Announced on 07 December 2016 4:40 p.m. by Pablo Rodriguez Fernandez
Many psets graded, ready for pickup
There are large number of graded PSETS that have not yet been picked up.
They are in my mailboc in NW17
Thanks,
Anne
Announced on 07 December 2016 12:31 p.m. by Anne E White
