PřF:F5170 Plasma physics - Course Information

F5170 Plasma physics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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Prerequisites

F4120 Theoretical mechanics && F4090 Electrodyn.and theory of rel.
F2050 Elektřina a magnetismus.F4040 Atomová, jaderná částicová fyzika.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

Collision processes.Elastic collisions. Diferential cross section. Representation of collision processes in velocity space. Distribution function of velocities. Random and drift velocity.Definition of mean value. Boltzmann kinetic equation. Solution of BKR for stationary state, homogeneous plasma withouth external forces. Maxwell dostribution function. The pressure tenzor. Hydrodynamic equations for plasma. General solutioin of BKR. Equation for symetric and non-symetric part of distribution function.Plasma as a electrically conducting media. Debye radius.The plasma fequency. Transport processes in plasma. Diffusion and conductivity in magnetic field. Non-stationary diffusion. Ambipolar diffusion. Dielectric properties of plasma. Propagation of elmg. vaves in plasma.Fokker-Planck equation. Characteristics of the strongly ionized plasma. The Vlasov equation.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Krátká písemná zkouška a zkouška ústní.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.