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Fundamentals of Plasma Theory - NTMF020

Title:	Základy teorie plazmatu
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Theoretical Physics (32-UTF)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English, Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Additional information:	http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/vyuka/NTMF020

Guarantor:	doc. Mgr. Ondřej Pejcha, Ph.D. doc. RNDr. Radomír Pánek, Ph.D.
Classification:	Physics > Theoretical and Math. Physics

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Annotation -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (06.05.2022)

Definition of plasma; plasma particle drifts of in electric and magnetic fields; adiabatic invariants, plasma kinetic theory; equations of motion of hydrodynamics; collision term and relaxation; magnetohydrodynamic description. Linear and nonlinear waves in plasma; magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability of plasma. Selected applications of plasma theory on Earth and in Space. The course is suitable primarily for students of Theoretical Physics.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (12.05.2023)

Oral exam

Literature - Czech

Last update: T_UTF (07.04.2008)

Chen F. F., Úvod do fyziky plazmatu (Academia, Praha 1984)

Teaching methods -

Last update: doc. Mgr. Ondřej Pejcha, Ph.D. (01.10.2020)

We are meeting on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81359915551?pwd=UnlubHlXKzh5WlB1dHA0VXFkWEtxZz09

Course website at https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=10235

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (12.05.2023)

The oral examination follows the syllabus of the course as covered by the lectures.

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Karel Houfek, Ph.D. (06.05.2022)

Plasma drifts
in electric, magnetic and other external fields, adiabatic invariants.

Kinetic theory of plasma:
kinetic equations, phase space, Liouville theorem, Boltzmann equation, BBGKY.

Collision term and relaxation:
Vlasov equation, Fokker-Planck equation, entropy, H-theorem, equilibrium distributions.

Magnetohydrodynamic description of the plasma:
hydrodynamic equations of motion, linear and nonlinear waves in plasma, equilibrium and stability, Landau damping.

Selected applications of plasma theory on Earth and in Space