PřF:F7241 Plasma physics 1 - Course Information

F7241 Plasma physics 1

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Prerequisites

Courses: Electricity and magnetism, theory of elmg. field, Atom - nuclear and particle physics. Plasma Physics.

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

Symetrical part of distribution function. Margenau and Druyvestein distribution function of electrons. Distribution function in non-isothermic plasma in electric and magnetic fields. Gas discharges. Townsend theory and conditions for breakdown in DC dischrges. Paschen's law. Breakdown of high-frequency dischrges. Shottky teory of ambipolar diffusion. Fundamentals of magnetohydrodynamics. The probe theory and probe measurements. Thermodynamics of plasma. Saha equation. Chrged particle orbits in different electric and magnetic fields. Electrostatic oscillations perpendicular to the magnetic field, upper and lower hybrid frequency.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

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